Today, I spent one hour of my life sitting in a dimly lit conference room listening to someone talk about the ever enthralling world faxing.

As I listened to the presenter, I thought to myself, “Why am I here? What am I even doing, right now?!”

I tried to reference scripture verses in my head to give myself some heavenly perspective.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. — Colossians 3:23-24

This is the day that the Lord has made;
    let us rejoice and be glad in it. — Psalm 118:24

But still there was this itching feeling – something tugging at my heart to run far away because no good would come from this dark, dismal presentation room in downtown St. Paul. And I felt my heart start to wither ever so slightly.

Then God, in his infinite wisdom and always fresh grace, showed me why I had just spent my day listening to about 50 different salesmen pitch me products and services in too lofty of terms for me to be able to understand, and why I have been where I have for the last 4 months.

A conversation full of tears and soul-bearing. Of gratefulness and understanding. Of sharing in one another’s burdens, and basking in God’s grace. Of drudging up old hurt and trudging onward toward healing.

A beautiful mess of two human beings meeting each other where they were, and converging into a new place of understanding and trust.

A much needed piece of the healing puzzle.

Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”            — John 13:7