Had a lovely afternoon having lunch with "old" friends. They are not
old in the least, but it has been awhile since I have seen them. Jeff
and Pam Stone--some of you may know them. Gorgeous people. I taught
all their children--and they survived. "Old" friends are good for the
soul. I used to teach a weekly Bible study in their home. Great
memories. I also had a couple of "it's a small world" encounters.
Eating at the same place where we were meeting were the Coughlin
s.
They have graciously allowed me to lovingly torture their beautiful
daughter Kennedi for two years now--with the hope of two more! Lovingly
torturing students is a marvelous calling. I highly recommend it. And
our waitress I had just met last summer--one brief moment--at Sam
Bechtel's graduation party. (Yes, we were eating in Delaware.) She
wants to teach, and some of her friends have been telling her not to do
it! I, of course, told her to ignore the pagans and teach. Though
James warns of extra accountability for teachers, if you can somehow by
God's grace "convince" one young person that the only life that makes a
difference is the life of following Jesus no matter what then teaching
is worth any "risk." I'm assuming, perhaps presumptuously, that the
Lord wanted me to encourage her one more time to pursue her heart for
the classroom. So, naturally, I encouraged her half a dozen times--at
least. Perhaps thirty years from now I'll run into her again somewhere,
and she can tell me what a blessing her life of teaching has been to
her. 
=)
Yep, the Lord gave me a lovely afternoon. Old friends with whom I
have been blessed to share a friendship rooted in our mutual love for
Christ, a family with a daughter that I love who has a heart for Jesus.
And one of those divine appointments that God is always surprising you
with since we're not very good at filling in our own "appointment"
books. This old hermit had a gorgeous day interacting with people. You
just never know. =)
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