There are people, and there are distractions …

There was a certain amount of study and writing I intended to do this evening. With my coffee perched on the small, round table beside me, I was making good progress, clicking away on my laptop keyboard … until Jenny walked in.

Her smile and warm greeting was a refreshing reminder of an important life lesson: People are not distractions.

I met Jenny at this same Starbucks a couple years ago when I returned to Texas. Jenny isn’t the average “local”; she stumbled upon Murphy, Texas when she relocated here to attend UT Dallas … from Shanghai, China.

A few pleasantries exchanged has turned into a form of friendship. We’re always happy to see one another when the other shows up at the coffee shop. We catch up on what’s going on in our lives, then turn to our computers to do what we came to the coffee shop to do.

As time has gone by, our conversations have gotten a little longer, a little deeper. Mostly, we’ve encouraged each other.

That’s how God works.

He connects a guy from the west coast of the USA with a girl from the vast metropolis of Shanghai in a coffee shop in Texas for mutual encouragement.

He reminds us the people He brings into our lives are not distractions.

Scotty