As I sat talking with my friend Arnold, I realized just how awesome it is to have solid Christian friends in my life. We talked about everything from girls to God and it was amazing to see how Arnold's passion for life and service to the Lord came out in every sentence he spoke.
God-honoring friendships are critical to getting through this life. We were never meant to live alone and are commanded to "spur one another on towards love and good deeds" (Hebrews 10:24)
And that's exactly what we did, and boy was it encouraging. It was so encouraging, in fact, that we moved from eating at Five Guys to having coffee at Romy's; talking for over 2 1/2 hours! It's hard to stop talking about God once you get into deep conversations with Christian friends.
If you know about the parking garage at ESCO, you only get two hours for free, then you have to pay. I thought, "Shoot! The time flew by, now we have to pay for it!" Even worse, between the two of us, we managed to only scrounge up $1, definitely not enough to open the gate.
But, as we were pulling up to pay, we noticed that the gate was already open! I have been to that parking garage many times and this has never happened before.
Very cool.
"On the first day of the week,
when we were gathered together to break bread,
Paul talked with them,
intending to depart on the next day,
and he prolonged his speech until midnight."
~Acts 20:7
