It was the night before my birthday last year and a group of friends and I went downtown to hang out.
~~Sidebar about birthdays: I had an epiphany. God didn't intend on us , according to his original design, having to celebrate birthdays (seeing another year). We were originally designed to exist in eternal life. Adam and Eve existed in eternal life until the fall of man. That's when the governance of time came into being. Hence, the celebration of birthdays. Funny how we put so much time, effort and resources into recognizing each other living another year because time has become a precious commodity. Hmmm...
~~Resume: Our favorite band HOTSAUCE was playing at Heart Plaza, but by the time we showed up, they were almost done playing. Needless to say we were hungry (I will speak for myself!) and fishing around for where to go so late. Twelve O'Clock hit and my lovely girls harmoniously sang Happy Birthday to me. Awww...really made a girl feel special! After walking around Heart Plaza aimlessly and harassing the security guard in the GM building, we finally decided on where we should go to eat. Pizza Papalis it is! "But isn't the kitchen closed?" We arrived and were greeted by bouncers. Bouncers at Pizza Papalis, dangee! We had four minutes to make our orders, so I went the safe route and ordered spaghetti. Oooo, those dog-on servers! Anyways, our food arrived and as I was eating, a thought came to me (or what I thought was a though). Wouldn't it be nice if I gave my food to a homeless person. Something was even telling me I should but I reduced it to be just a "nice thought". We Finished eating but I still had leftovers so I asked for a box. We headed to the parking garage when I heard the voice of an older gentleman asking for food. I was at the back of the pack so he wasn't necessarily talking to me. Then it was my turn to walk past him and he says, "Ma'am can I have your food?" Here was the chance for me she give someone my spaghetti. It was weird because my feet kept moving but my attention was fixed on this man. I asked myself, "are you really still walking?" Why didn't I just give the man my spaghetti when I didn't have need of it anyway. Maybe because we allow good ideas and nice thoughts to be just good ideas and nice thoughts. The Lord was giving me an opportunity to exercise Psalm 41 "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak". When you fail to act, everything becomes just a good idea or nice thought.
Good Ideas acted on: Cars, Air plains, toothbrushes, hot combs, satellites, shoes...everything we take for granite!
