Intersections

     Possibilities exist, and therefore...anything can happen.  So in our lives, we travel in spheres, connecting, UN-connecting  and re-connecting with those close and those far away.  But what about those chance meetings that are a game changer? Life as we knew it, drastically and alter ably changed us and the course we were on.  For example. Thirty plus years ago I was a young and new transplant to a small northern NY town. Also unemployed and untrained in  new beginnings.  So one day, I set out to earn some money the only way I knew and that was cheap labor. I walked the new and unfamiliar streets and chanced upon a Victorian house badly in need of a fall leaf raking cleanup. I knocked on the door,and I had the job, in just a few minutes. After about two hours and a much needed break, I settled on the backyard steps and ate a small lunch and a few minutes later a young man comes by and introduces himself, and says something to the effect...meaning I now had his job!  I don't remember what I replied, but I knew sheepishly I kind felt bad for him. Though he did not know how badly I needed the money.  I was broke. I had no Income and I had come to realize my apartment living was in jeopardy. Eviction was close at hand. I dont remember much of the words between un in those short moments, but I vividly remember his demeanor.  Friendly, calm, sort of peaceful. Much , much different than the way I was feeling.  That stuck with me.
     Fast forward three or so months later, and we met again in a small non_ descript church my girlfriend and I picked out of the yellow pages! (Remember those).
Apparently he had prayed for me, after meeting me and so....you fill In the blanks.
Chance?  Murphy's law, (anything that can happen will happen?)  Anyway suffice it to say, life course altered. I became Christian and so did my girlfriend .I was already a searcher but had rejected many of the Christian things I had been exposed to because I felt it was empty and presented entirely wrong.  This man however was real, sincere, and remarkably   composed for one so young. 
     It was a bitter sweet time because, I lost his friendship due to erroneous doctrines, and he was more or less told to leave. 
    But if not for him, and that chance meeting on a fall day, perhaps my searching would have dragged on for years. We eventually  re_connected, and still remain friends the oldest I  have, and we both remain commited Christians despite some churches that we have found to be wanting.  In other words, the institutions of men, may be flawed as we are as well, but God is faithful.   What he does, he does well!
Peace.