The single guy

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 I had guests over the weekend.  I had a chance to talk to one of them for a minute and told her the story of why I don't date anymore.  She knows part of the people directly involved in that story and when I told it to her, the look of disbelief was priceless.  I told her twice that the story I told her really happened to me and I asked her:  "So what do I do with that?"  She got her wits about her again and looked at me in all seriousness and shouted "Run!"

I explained to her that's exactly what I did.

There are reasons I'm single.  But single, I am.  And that sometimes presents problems.  I was telling the associate pastor at my new church about that.  I finally filled out and turned in a contact sheet and he was kind enough to give me a call on Thursday.  I mentioned to him that it's hard for a single guy to fit in.  I also know that the opportunities I had for ministry in Ogden aren't going to be here for me because I'm the new guy.That's OK.  God has plans for me here.  I have no idea what they are, but in the mean time, I'm just thrilled to be here.

He teaches the Bible study at my church.  And he was really nice to me tonight but he felt bad when he asked me if the week before last was my first time at the church.  I told him I'd been attending services for eight weeks and the look on his face said it all.  He asked where I'd been sitting and I told him "toward the back".  He told me he definitely needed to make a point of walking toward the back.  I think he really felt bad, but I was honest with him.  I told him that if I'd showed up with a woman, everyone would have made a point of meeting us.  But that's the way it is with the American church.  It was the way it was with my church, as i mentioned the other day.

I'm good with that.  I'm also good with doing my part to fit in.  I really got convicted of that last week and I'm glad I filled out a contact sheet.  Because I needed what was at the Bible study tonight.  When I hear something twice in a week, I know it's something I really really need to pay attention to.  And it wasn't just a same thought, it was the same thought expressed in exactly the same way.  I'm listening because it's good to FEAR God and that's exactly the sentiment expressed tonight.

I'm also glad I went because it gave me a chance to meet a few more people.  They'll warm up to me and I'll warm up to them.  Time has a way of taking care of that.  A plate of freshly baked cookies isn't going to hurt things, either.


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