I almost typed my little story in a facebook post...be thankful I chose to spare the less interested by making it my November blog instead ;-)
Today the fab 4(Carmen, Rachel, Charlotte, and I) picked Andrew up from school. A delightful English woman was there to pick up her grandchildren. She approached me with a multitude of questions about my girls...nothing new, people come out of the woodwork to talk about twins. The conversation shifted and I soon knew everything there was to know about the International Baccalaureate program, homecoming mums, and why soccer is better than football(cursing included to emphasize her points).
Ever since I can remember, this has happened to me. The arrival of my girls has only caused the number of oddly comfortable strangers to increase. Sometimes the sinner in me thinks, "Why me? I am not a fantastic conversationalist. I constantly worry about what to say and how to say it, and most of the time it comes out wrong." Then today God gave me a wake up call....
He said, "You listen and you empathize. They don't care about eloquence or answers to their problems, with the exception of one!" Situations such as the one that I experienced today are more than situations...they are opportunities. Opportunities to share His work in my life, and how I know that He can do unbelievable things for others.
God has a funny way of reminding us what our spiritual gifts are, and He gives us little and sometimes big pushes along the way. So many blessings have come from the existence of my little doodlebugs. This increase in OPPORTUNITIES is just another amazing one :-D
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