Tuesday morning I got up, showered, got dressed, had breakfast by myself, walked into town, went to Tesco, picked up the Financial Times, two bottles of Robinson's Sugar Free Orange Squash (the ones with the blue caps) went to the self checkout, scanned my items, put my £5 note in the machine (that was all I had left of my weekly £20 from the night before) picked up my bag of items, my receipt, my small change, walked out the shop, watched the Audi RX-8 zoom in front of me, walked back to my flat, had a drink of my newly purchased Orange Squash then went to my room and starting reading my paper.
In those few early hours I spoke to no one.
I was surrouned by people in different situations who I'm sure without hesitation would have passed a few words in response to my starting of a conversation.
Philippians 4:5
"Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near."
To all.
Who do I show my character to? Who knows the meaning behind my character?
A simple conversation:
"Good morning, wonder what's going on in the financial world this morning. How are you?"
"Very well thank you. Although I'm sure you won't find much positive news in there! How are you?"
"I'm... actually... very peaceful this morning. I don't need to find positive news in here- I know all the Good News I need to know. Have a great morning, God bless."
Then I suppose it could carry on:
"Wait a minute, what do you mean..."
Is this just the perfect morning conversation, or can it really happen?
There's only one way to find out- keep popping down to the shops each morning to get the Financial Times! Moreover, pray for the opportunity of this conversation to arise.
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