I went to the library today to rent some movies. Going about my business as usual...picked out my 3 dvd's (library limit), checked them out at the counter and proceeded to exit the building. Upon doing so....in mid stride.....about 15 feet away i saw this dude and we made eye contact. It was one of those awkward moments....cause i was still too far away to say hi....but it still seemed like I should. Normally in this instance I look down ( like all of us do )....but I thought....hey...i'll just keep smiling and walking toward my destination. And normally he would look down...but he didn't either. Maybe the same conversation was happening in his head. Either way...at this point i thought....man he looks familiar. I really should say hi....but wait....maybe he doesn't. While looking at him about to say hi i realize that it looks like he might think he knows me also. Then after as much consideration that you can have in 10 seconds I realized that I didn't know this dude...and he prob didn't know me either. So I passed by...said hey....and like elivs...left the building.
I've had this conversation with my bass player Caleb before about awkward approaches....it's very interesting. We've also talked a lot about how each of us have different lives and if I wanted to I could have introduced myself to that dude...and who knows....we could end up best friends. But almost every time we pass by and dont take the effort or energy to build that relationship. I'm definitely not saying it's a bad thing....just an observation.
But what would happen? For most of us...at least my excuse would be time. Or we really dont have the time for more friends....or the time to develope a relationship. But after I was driving away...I realized that maybe I need to make time. Who knows what could happen. Maybe i just say hi....we introduce ourself and nothing comes out of it. But maybe something else happens....we become friends....maybe he doesn't believe in God.....maybe he knows way more about God then me.....maybe he needs to be prayed for....and maybe in that prayer someone is healed because I decided to slow down my life for 3 min to get to know some dude.
