Tonight, several of my friends from school (and a friend visiting from New Mexico) and I went "Trick-or-Canning" (collecting canned goods for Feed America from pre-approved houses), and afterward we stopped by Chipotle to get some delicious noms! This year I dressed up as Kaylee Frye, a character from an obscure (but AMAZING) television show called Firefly. The only people at school who recognized my costume were other extreme nerds, but the majority of the populace had no idea who I was; so, although I was stoked to be dressed as my favorite character, it was a little bit sad that almost nobody understood me. Flash forward to this evening. My friends and I walk into Chipotle and get in line. I'm perusing the menu board and not really paying attention to the people around me, when suddenly some guy several places ahead of me in line jumps out of the line and runs toward me with his hand held up for a high five and a giant grin on his face. Like, RUNS. Needless to say, I was a little startled at first! I definitely thought he was going for someone behind me that he recognized or something, until I realized that he was making deliberate eye contact with ME, so I awkwardly high-fived him back. Then I glanced down at his costume. He was wearing a perfect replica outfit of Kaylee's buddy Wash!!! My face lit up and I broke into a huge grin, there was mutual excited freaking out between us, and we had an epic Wash/Kaylee bear hug. (Btw, I always pictured Wash as a great hugger - I'm happy to say I was right.) I asked him for a picture, so we posed together (he even let me hold one of his plastic dinosaurs!), my friend took the shot, and then he went back to stand with his friends further up in the line. As soon as they got their food, they all left together, and the moment was over. But it was a truly shiny moment indeed. :)
Now, you're probably thinking, "All right, cool! You met another Firefly fan! Awesome, but not that big of a deal - right?" Wrong. Think about it... not only is there a tragic lack of Firefly fans in the 'verse, but how many people who are fans of Firefly actually choose to dress as one of the characters for Halloween? Particularly this Halloween, since the show only ran for one season and has been off the air for over ten years? Now think, how many people did so in Santee alone? More importantly, how many of those people in Santee decided to go to that Chipotle tonight? Craziest of all, there was probably only a ten or fifteen minute window in which that group of people was there, from the time they walked in the door to the time they walked out with their food. And my group of friends happened to arrive exactly in that window. Wow. You know God loves you when He arranges the most perfect and unlikely meeting in a highly improbable window of time, just because He knows it will make your night (/week/month/LIFE). :)
This little event of happiness reminds me of Luke 12:32 - "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." Okay, so it might not have been a kingdom, but that moment meant the world to me (yes, I am an absolute geek). And God knew it. And He made that happen.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights."
~James 1:17
God is awesome. And He truly does love us. And He loves to bless us. Even in the little, nerdy, stupid things. :) Praise God that He is who He is!!!
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