Waiting for the right opportunity
Can be the hardest thing when it comes to connecting with people. The other night we met a rad couple at centennial park in Mission. Bek was guiding the conversation in a somewhat spiritual direction when the lady's little girl came over needing to go pee. So that was that. There was a little bit of small talk after that but they were heading home. So what do you do in that situation? Do you give them a card and tell them to call if they ever have questions about God or need a friend? How soon is too soon when initiated another visit with them without freaking them out? Do we just keep going to the park until we run into them again?
When time isn't on your side it sucks when opportunities slip through you fingers. Or did it slip through? Maybe that was an opportunity we made the most of and perhaps it will have multiple parts. Perhaps if we had more time we would have screwed it all up. All I know is that being a missional Follower of Jesus is a lot harder and more rewarding than being a church goer. I'm sure these questions are just the beginning of a plethora to come. I think they are par for the course of living in the crosscurrent. The place where kingdoms collide will never be a comfortable place. However, I'm pretty confident that it's where life is meant to be lived.
