God is encouraging me...

This was written on Friday night…. Just didn’t have time to post it yet.

Tonight I had a great time. I met up with a new friend at a familiar place. One of my favorite places to eat – Sweet Tomatoes. I joked with a lot of friends before coming to Chicago that all I needed was an L.A Fitness and a Sweet Tomatoes in a nearby vicinity.

Well I ended up joining Lifetime Fitness – aka, the country club- and putting my LA Fitness membership on hold during my time here. However God did provide a Sweet Tomatoes. Yesterday I was joking with a friend at church telling him that I would at times go to Sweet Tomatoes with a stack of books and a paper to write and I would sit down for 3 to 4 hours, spending the time eating and writing and eating and writing and eating and… well you get the idea. So, this new buddy, Brian, who also goes to the Connect Ministry at Harvest Bible Chapel on Thursday nights agreed to meet at Sweet Tomatoes to help me feed my addiction. We sat and talked for FOUR HOURS. I guess it was prophetic what I said about spending that much time there yesterday.

The time sitting and talking was refreshing. Learning about a new brother in the Lord was encouraging and it’s cool that every time I lose a connection with someone, God allows me to connect with someone else. Not exactly in the same way, but in such a way that my friendship needs are satisfied … at least for the time being.

I believe God is trying to show me NOT to be dependent on human connections, but instead to depend on him and him alone to be the friend who sticks closer than a brother. To count on Him to be the one who I can always go to, depend on, and talk to – without having to worry whether my text message will wake Him up or if it’s too late to call.

I thank God for reminding me of balance in my daily life and in my relationships.