I love the new show Touch. If there are any fans out there you'll understand how a complete random number can link so many different situations together for the purpose of order. I do not believe the world is random or controlled by a cosmic force. It is not ordered by karma or numbers. I do believe God is creator and sustainer of the world. I do believe he has a purpose. I do believe today's happenings is proof that God works all things together, and it is for our good, and it is for his purposes.
My friend Caitlin rode with me to pick up Alex, a girl I mentor, and her younger brother Cam to take them to the Krispy Kreme downtown at the "factory". On the way to nowhereville, Caitlin and I realized that we were about to enter a small town parade. We made it through just in time so we would not be late to pick up the youngins.
I knew Caitlin and Alex would have a lot in common but I had no idea how much. Besides being tall, beautiful and hilarious, they both wanted to be vets until they realized they cut open animals, both have (or will have) paint balloons at their 15th birthday parties, and both have a great ear for good music. On the way to the Krispy Kreme, Alex requested we try to go through the small town parade to be part of it. Unfortunately, as we approached the crowd the police created a detour that avoided the parade. With my awesome navigation skills, I took about 3 wrong turns before I ever got us to our final destination. I turned on Wade, found St. Mary's, and went to Peace which are 3 streets we ventured often today on accident (but that is for later in the story).
Krispy Kreme created a warm place in my heart. We all four sat by the window where 1000s of doughnuts are being made on a conveyer belt, enjoying doughnuts while wearing our paper hats they gave us. I wore the hat thinking I'm probably too old but its for the kids. After we took a moment to appreciate the millions of calories we consumed we made our way back to the kid's house.
At the house all my worse fears were faced. I had pet their miniature horse but now their real size horse was sniffing around, not cool. On top of that, the mother asked if we would like to go up the barn to see the king snake they found this morning right after she told us it was in strike position. I feel like these are not fears I have to face. They do not debilitate my daily functioning. However, the miniature horse does like me and came to stand by me. Then we started to leave and the mother asked us if we knew anything about plants. No! Neither one of us know anything about plants but both of us thought of our friend Sarah who knows everything about plants. The mom invited all 3 of us to come to their home next weekend for a cookout. yes please!
Next part of the day. Caitlin, Erin, Paul and I were supposed to meet up with some friends at the Q-Grass where there is Bluegrass music and bbq eatins. But then it started to rain and all plans went out the window. So Paul called some of his friends to meet us and the friend we were supposed to meet stayed at the Q-Grass. We made our way to St. Marys (if you remember) because we had already gotten lost there once today which helped us find our way to the mother of all chick-fil-as. CFA was two stories with an elevator, a revolving door and the most awesome kiddy tables. We met some of Paul's friends there. One of them knows our friend Sarah that was mentioned before and also Katherine. Then we made the connection that Rachel is the girl that went with Katherine to one of our church's small groups this past semester. The other friend of Paul's, it turns out, was born in Birmingham AL, which is where I'm from but lived in Chicago IL prior to moving here which is where I would love to live. Lastly, Kevin's RA in college is my employee at the Y. After, we decided to go to see the new addition to the natural science museum. In the streets were vendors, booths, people, music and then a stranger approached Paul and asked... "Would you like to be in a parade?"
WHAT?!!! I've been trying to be in a parade all day. Once we started I felt silly, but hey "it's for the kids." There you have it, we were all a part as very big plant gods. Ironically, I helped carry a god that represents creation of God. Whatever, I was in a parade. We never made it to the museum. We got back on Wade and Peace (from earlier) and went to a coffee shop where we finally got to hang out with the person we were originally going to meet at the Q-Grass.
Now I am sitting at Sarah's house. The girl the family from this morning needs to meet and the new friend from the afternoon that already knows her.
I think relationships were being built today that will have a lasting impact. I think the things we did and the people we spent time with were on purpose even if it was against our purpose. God created order from chaos. No matter how chaotic my life seems, when I question how can things ever work out, or when I doubt, I will know God has created order.
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