I go across the street today to our local coffee/retail shop, and while I’m there these two ladies walk in. One has a distinct British accent, and I’m thinking, man that sounds familiar. So I motion to the shop-owner (who is a churchmember) to ask where the lady is from. Ready…?
“Excuse me, ma’am…where are you from?”
“Oh I’m from a little town in northern England…”“Really, where?”
“Oh this little spot called Newcastle…”
“Oh this little spot called Newcastle…”
At which point I almost fell over. I went running around the store aisle and said, “NEWCASTLE!?! I WAS JUST THERE 2 WEEKS AGO!” Then the British lady almost fell over. “No really,” I said, “Here I’ve got pictures!” And I began showing her pictures on my I-phone of our trip there. She is in the States visiting her American friend, whose husbands used to work together in the oil drilling industry. I gave her my business card and told her which church I had been working with. What an absolutely crazy time we had, standing there in Texas, visiting about common themes a world away!
I don’t believe in coincidence, and have already prayed for this woman. Would you do the same? God is at work, and much bigger than all of us. I think He wanted to remind us of that…
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