Opus 2025-438: Diversity Applied

When I walked into the room that was reserved for our group dinner I noticed there were only two people there, Joy and Larry.  I sat down and very quickly the waitress brought in the iced tea that she asked me about as I walked across the dining room.  She commented that she hadn’t noticed Joy and Larry come in.  I’m not sure the exact sequence of events, but she went and brought them water and as she was leaving, Joy said to her, “Aren’t you forgetting something?”

I couldn’t figure out what she was talking about.  Neither could the waitress at first.  Then the waitress smiled and walked back over.  Joy stood up and gave her a big hug.  It was a wonderful warm moment.  It was the kind of expression of human compassion and caring that exhibits ways in which we as believers can witness to our world.

I don’t know where the waitress is spiritually.  I’m not a hugger.  I wouldn’t go hugging waitresses anyway if I were.  I don’t think my wife would approve.  But it was a moment of spontaneous love expressed to someone others might look down on as a servant.

I trust that our presence in that room is touching people with the fact that we love Jesus and that Jesus loves them.  They may not know the words.  They may not even know the name as anything but a curse.  But they do know that there’s something about us.

Live joyfully.  Be aware that you influence people even when you’re not aware of it.

homo unius libri