So, there's this Starbucks that I frequent more often that I think anybody should. Anyways, that's not the point of this short situation.
I have noticed that at this one location and at many other Starbucks locations that there is one thing that happens very well here. That thing is communication. From the ordering of the drink, to the hours long conversation following, the whole experience is all about communicating. As I sit here now, I see two people playing chess, a man playing World of Warcraft, two older ladies, a lone studier, and a girl who is thoroughly wearing too much pink.
That said though, they are all communicating so well with whatever other people are listening to them. Shawn McDonald is softly crooning into my ears as I watch each interaction carefully.
It makes me realize just how small the world is. It makes me realize also, that I'm just not doing my job like I should be. I should be more vocal. I should go and proclaim the name of Jesus more than I do. I have such an audience, and I continually go among them like they don't exist. Well, I know they exist, I feed off observing them. I just don't correlate their existence within my realm.
That, my friends, is a fatal flaw in my own personal walk with the Lord. I do not evangelize. I sit in silent stupor while the world continues to revolve around me. I desperately want to evangelize, but there's a real fear within that for me. It's getting in front of people, and telling them how it is. I know I shouldn't be as scared of it as I am, but I just can't let it go yet. I know there will be one moment in my faith walk, one pivotal moment where I let go and give into the passion within my soul, but right now, I feel unprepared to do so.
Anyways, I sit here, the smell of coffee and excitement infused with the quiet awesomeness of the Lord beckoning me to buy just one more Iced Tall Whole Milk Marble Mocha Macchiato. Just so I can stay and continue to observe the wonderfulness around me. Just so I can stop and breathe in, just for a little while longer. Just for a while.
As I close in thought, I just want to thank Him for making us a very social being. I don't know who I would even be if I didn't have at least some sort of social interaction with the world. I'd probably be sitting in my bed, creating some sort of fantasy world within my mind that I couldn't even grasp if it became reality. I am so thankful for my social abilities. I am so thankful I'm wired to socialize. So thankful.
It's super interesting what God puts into your way when you just stop to breathe.
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