May 14, 2010.

I wanted to share in interesting conversation I had with a friend of mine the other day. This friend I will refer to as B. B is a really nice guy, 41 years old and is really just a big kid at heart. He is carefree, easy-going, just lets life lead him as it goes with not much care in the world. He likes to have fun. But, I also am getting the impression that he is deep down a lonely guy. Chris and I started helping him at the business he owns in the evenings and we have become pretty good friends. I've learned a lot about him in the short time I have worked for him. He is the type of person who would help you in any way he could. He seems to be kind of lost in life, no certain direction and no very close friends that I have met. And no lady friends. He has said to me more then one time, that he is just lonely and would love to be in a serious relationship, but just can't seem to find the right person.

The business he owns is a small movie theater. This week we have been showing a Christian movie called Letters to God. Chris and I worked to get this movie here and it has proved to be very successful. We did a little bit of promoting on it, but it really drew the people in on it's own. I think after the first people came to see it the first night, word of mouth began to help draw more.

One evening this past week a friend of B's came to see the movie with his wife. My first impression of this guy was...I didn't think this was the kind of movie he would like. Tough, bald guy with tattoos. He seemed to have a very odd sense of humor and just struck me as a little weird. After the movie started, B began telling me about this guy.

It seems they had once been very, very good friends. Went to high school together, played in bands together, etc. The friend was a former wrestler...the kind of see on TV who do ridiculous stunts and theatrics. B also mentioned they weren't as close friends anymore. I mentioned that this movie did not seem the kind he would like. B informed me,...no, it is his kind of movie. He said several years ago his friend found God...and that was when their friendship began to falter. B said his friend got so wrapped up in the "God" thing that it got in the way of their friendship. B told he his friend is real fanatical about it, goes on mission trips, has Jesus written all over this car.

I asked him..."is that such a bad thing?" B just kind of shrugged, didn't reply much. I asked him what happened to his friend to cause this change. B said, he didn't know. I asked him if he had ever asked his friend why the change. He replied, no...he didn't like to ask him anything about God as he said his friend would then talk and talk and not shut-up about it. It told him, maybe you should ask him why he accepted Christ into his life.

At that point, customers came out of the theater for some popcorn and the conversation never continued.

I told my husband, I am going to ask B if he would like to come to church with us some Sunday. I know he will probably say no, but you never know. He truly seems like a person searching for something. It's almost like he feels something missing from his life, but doesn't know what it is. What he interprets as loneliness...could possibly be an empty spirit inside of him.

Later, I began to think about this conversation. This is a conversation a few months ago I would have never dreamed of having with someone. When he first mentioned his friend had found God..and I asked him, is that such a bad thing. After I said it, I kind of surprised myself that those words came out of my mouth. It's amazing how having Christ in your life does change you!!!!!