I go to that store often. Additionally, I wear that shirt regularly. Also, I speak to strangers politely as a rule. But this one time when all three of those came together, God was at work. At times God turns our ordinary extraordinary.
The First Ordinary
Mark and I became Facebook friends without knowing each other personally. He was a bi-vocational pastor in Jacksonville, Florida. He and his wife were members at the church I pastor years ago when God called him to preach.
Just a few months ago, Marks primary job relocated him back to the Middle Georgia area, and I invited him to church. One Sunday he and his wife came to renew old acquaintances and make new friends. Ordinary people returning to an ordinary church.
I told Mark I would pray for him and help him find a new ministry any way I could. I could not have imagined how God would use me to do that.
The Second Ordinary
I had been to visit a church member who was in an assisted living facility, something I ordinarily do. As is ordinary when I plan to visit such facilities, I wore a shirt bearing our church logo.