And a new enjoyment in coffee talks since I came to this city.
You really get a lot out of these conversations over coffee
I guess that's because you are not going to take out your phone and text
While somebody tells you about their breakups.
You're not going to think about what you are going to cook for dinner
When someone asks you about your life aspirations.
When you sit down and really talk to someone
You give them your 100% attention
Perhaps occasionally you might get distracted by the hair in their eye
Or the way they tap their finger over the coffee table.
But ultimately, you take in their every word.
I am amazed at how God works.
How He places different people in your life
In different times to teach you different things.
I guess it's kind of like cooking...
You can't learn how to serve you food
Before you learn how to cook
You can't learn how to cook your fish
Without first learning how to clean your fish.
And if you are into fishing...
You can't learn how to clean your fish
Unless you've learned how to fish.
Like everything else
There is a time for everything.
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."
Notice it wasn't joyful in affliction
Nor was it faithful in affliction.
Patience.
Patience is what I need.
