I had an idea of what I was going to ramble on about today. I had to leave the house early to head to Lubbock and I left early on purpose in order to have time to stop by my new favorite coffee shop. As I drove, the sun was just beginning to come up and the sky lit up with an explosion of orange and purple. It was breath taking. I took some pictures with my phone thinking I would talk about the beauty of God’s creation.
Then I arrived at J & B Coffee and all of my plans changed. As I ordered my house coffee, I surveyed the room to find a place to plant and write. I noticed a group of people around a table but really didn’t pay any attention to what they were doing. My coffee in hand, I headed to the doctor bar (the place where I take the perfectly good coffee and add things to it so that I can actually drink it – yes – I am a wimp). As I stood there adding half and half and a Splenda, I noticed the group more closely. It was made up of 5 people – two young ladies in their 20’s and two young men about the same age. But in the middle was a man in his 70’s. Being a little intrigued, I looked more closely. I thought maybe that this was a study group – J & B is just a few blocks off the Texas Tech campus. But as I observed, I realized that each of the people around the table had their Bibles open. What a refreshing sight!
As a pastor, I wanted to go over and make a fuss about how great it is to see folks gathered for Bible study in a public place. Or how cool it is to see people up early to spend time together in God’s word. But I decided to take a seat across the room and just watch and write this little post. As I sat and watched – and even tried to listen in just a bit, the picture that overwhelmed me was a 70 year old man investing in the eternity of 4 young adults. As he led the discussion, his eyes were on fire with passion for God’s word. Even though I could not hear what he was saying over the Indie music being piped in through the sound system, I could see the compassion and love in his face.
It was a humbling and beautiful sight – even better than the sunrise today!
I was inspired to renew my commitment to invest myself in others.
Who will you invest in today?
Clay in the Hands 
This was indeed a humbling and beautiful sight, Brian. Thank you for sharing. These 4 young adults were being taught from the Word of God! Not the internet. They will receive Blessings beyond Measure.
Love this picture! It seems that age is the last acceptable bias in our society, and unfortunately, it is most prevalent in the church. Thank-you for sharing this refreshing scene with us.