girl22
Today’s entry is dedicated to the newest joy in my life…a girl whose screen name online is the title above.
I had admired her from afar on a Christian singles site I’d been frequenting for a while…the combination of what she put down in her profile and the fact that she lives right here in Fresno proved to be too much for my curiosity to resist.
If she was anything like her self-portrayal, she would have been worth the effort to get acquainted with regardless of where she was from, but since she is from here, I wrote her…and waited…and waited.
Regular readers will recall me talking about another person I encountered in the same place…and how that did not work out. But any similarities between that person and girl22 ended precisely at that point.
While passing time today at work, I decided to just browse over there and see what was going on. I saw girl22’s name on my screen, and she was online there at that moment. Remembering my reaction to her profile, I decided that there was no time like the present to try to reach her, and so I messaged her right then.
A minute or two passed by, and there was no response. I was almost ready to move on to other things when I noticed her entering the chat box. I typed hello, and we finally began chatting.
What began as an impulsive move to attract girl22’s attention turned into a half hour chat, where we introduced ourselves, and then began to get to serious business. We decided we wanted to stay in touch, so she gave me her phone number and we set a time tonight for a phone conversation.
Most of the world would consider our initial encounter one of luck, or accident. Because both girl22 and I believe in a God of exquisite design, we immediately knew better. I was on cloud 9…and it didn’t matter anymore that I would soon be working with a difficult ex-mayor, producing the talk show he would be hosting in place of our regular host. I was going to talk to girl22…and God was going to make it special.
After work, I tended to the rest of my day’s affairs..all the while anticipating talking at last to girl22, expecting that I would know her much better, but leaving the rest to God to work out
Then came the appointed time…I called girl22, and just as we had this afternoon, we had a wonderful time getting acquainted, exchanging facts and anecdotes about each other. One thing I insisted on doing at the outset was committing our time to the Lord in prayer. After I prayed(mostly for God to sit in right between us during our conversation, and be present in both of us), she remarked to me that no one else had done that with her in a phone conversation before. Well, I said, until tonight, you’ve never had a conversation with me before, either. I wanted her to know that I committed EVERYTHING in my life to Jesus…and left nothing to chance.
An hour and 45 minutes later, we had concluded a delightful, memorable conversation…we had prayed(again)…and we agreed on a dinner date this coming Wednesday. To say I was completely happy and satisfied, not to mention humbly thankful to God for arranging this whole episode. I think girl22 would agree that both our conversations had God stamped all over them.
So what’s next? I have no idea…and that is the exciting part. For our God has a way of making these things memorable and joyfilled, if we will only step back, trust Him, and thank Him for what He has done. But I definitely will keep you all posted as to how it goes with girl22 and me…stay tuned for more marvelous divine adventures!
Posted on Jul 07, 2006 - 09:08 PM | [0]
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