So I saw God in traffic this afternoon. I was stuck in traffic for a while today. Pretty normal for the day after mardi gras. The state of Louisiana had to go back to work today and they were none too happy about it. I had a lunch meeting, came back to my office to check messages, and left around 4:30 to go pick up donation items. I needed to go to this relatively new shopping center called Towne Center. It tries to be snooty and is even more so now that a few of the New Orleans stores have "relocated" there. I like quality but not at the expense of niceness. Not that I want the businesses there to fail by any means. I just like quality AND niceness. My mom raised me to be nice to everybody.
Anywho, I was stuck in traffic at the front of a turning lane. As people were trying to turn, I fell into my habit of people watching. I love doing that. You can learn a lot of things about people by watching them. Not in a scary psycho way, just in a making an observation kind of way.
So I'm sitting in my car, and I watch as the people go by. A couple laughing in the car as she rubs the nape of his neck, a college student rocking out looking very cool in her shades, a businessman on his cell phone. A bald guy getting frustrated at the minivan in front of him. Three guys talking over their music that I could hear from their car.
Each one of their faces reminded me of God and how He made each one of us so different. I love that He's so creative with every single one of us!
3 comments:
Yeah, I tend to do that at the mall, especially when I'm eating at the food court. It does sound a bit stalkerish but it is kinda interesting to watch people and their reactions to the world around them.
People watching is something I do when forced to wait - like the doctor's office or waiting for the wife shopping. We are all so different yet so much alike. Some even have their lifestyles written on their faces - in wrinkles (not the smile kind, those are OK). ec
airports! i love people-watching at airports - people from all over the world converge in one place...
very cool. i see Him everywhere, and He invariably seats me next to someone He wants to talk to. on the way home from atlanta this week, i sat next to a game warden from montana - what is it with me, cops, and game wardens???
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