A man in the back of a tram, it wasn't clear where he was headed. He was there when I got in and when I got out. He looked like any other guy on the tram, maybe a tourist. A woman got on; at first they seemed to know each other as she walked towards him and sat down on the seat beside him. Not a word was spoken however, as he pulled something out of the bag he had around his shoulder and handed it to her. It caught my attention so I strained to see what it was he shared. It was a tract, it had the Christian fish symbol on it and some words about the history of this little fish. The woman looked at it, opened it up and surveyed its content. The man looked away. A few minutes later the woman put the tract in her purse, got up and got out of the tram. She didn't acknowledge the man, and the man didn't acknowledge her. The entire interaction lasted no more than 5 minutes. Not a word was spoken, but everyone seemed to understand what had just happened. A seed was sown....
....at least in my heart there was.
"How many of us have learned too late that our initial idea, that by serving the world we will bring God to others, has eclipsed the wisdom that in serving the world we find God there. " - Pete Rollins
