Lord of the...Date Night?

My personal theology says that the Jesus is the Lord of everything...not just creation, but every area of my life; my relationships, my job, my hobbies...and date night with my wife?

A couple of weeks ago, I asked my wife to keep March 5th open, because we were going to go out, just the two of us! It's been awhile since we've done that and I was in need of just some 'Jim and April' time, no kids attached! We decided we'd go out to a fancy dinner (which meant Red Lobster for us) and have some time for the two of us...like I mentioned in a previous post, lots of changes going on in our lives. I thought this would give us a chance to talk about what's been happening.

On Wednesday of last week, April informed me that a couple we are friends with would like to come along with us...I was really looking forward to time with just April, but I knew our friends were going through some challenges, much bigger than what we are facing. As much as I wanted April to myself for the evening, I told her to invite them along. In my heart though, I pouted a bit. I didn't want to share my time with April (and notice I just called it MY time...)

So we get to dinner and it doesn't take long before the Lord invades our conversation. This is a couple we have been praying for and the conversation almost immediately becomes a spiritual one - not on our part, but on the part of our friends. They shared their hearts with us about what's happening in their lives and there is no doubt in my mind God is drawing them to himself.

As the night ended, I began to think about how selfish I had been...what if I had demanded this night be about April and I? What an opportunity we would have missed!

So from this, I learned a couple things...first, keep your eyes open. God's doing something, somewhere. If you don't look around, you might miss it. Second, the best kind of evangelism is when you are open about your faith with your friends and you're building a relationship with them. No program can replace that. And finally, Jesus IS Lord of all...I've sang that line many times, but I learned how true it is in a booth at Red Lobster.