The journey offers lots of opportunities for pitstops.
In my childhood days, I was given the impression that a pub was not a place to frequent. As if something demonic would take place there. (And as if nothing demonic happened in church gatherings.) Thankfully, I discovered in my adult years that pubs are great places for socialising and watching football. They’re also good places to connect with people and get an idea of where they are and what occupies their thoughts. The right pub is a good place to reflect and converse with people in a setting that doesn’t have the pressures and expectations of other places.
I am grateful for my mentor who took this location as ideal to be a part of the community and make connections. Connections that would naturally afford opportunities for Christ encounters. Just as the pub offers refreshments, so the conversations could offer refreshment in connecting what is heard with the Living Water. It is a great testing ground to genuinely listen to others and understand them. Understand without looking to impose an agenda on them as though only what you have to say matters. Understand with that sensitivity to truly connect them with what God alone offers in Jesus Christ.
Seizing those opportunities are so precious. Not to get a notch on a belt or make another decision. Just for the chance to be used by God to shine a ray of light through a listening ear, a kind word and the knowledge that someone really cares.
For His Name’s sake
C. L. J. Dryden
Shalom
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