Some of you may or may not know that my best friend, Ada, was asked this Christmas to marry her boyfriend, Dan. I'm very very happy for both of them, and I know that they will have a great life together (as long as Ada learns to clean up after herself finally!)
But what I'd like to share with everyone is how the smallest choices and, in my opinion, nudges from God, have amazing outcomes that we, as silly finite creatures, can't comprehend.
How two people found love because I went looking for a couch.
A year ago, my buddy Phil and I got a condo in Kirkland. And being the two nomadic bachelors we are, we had practically no furniture. We like having people over, but with few places to sit, we knew it wasn't going to work. So the great couch search began!
He put the word out at his church, whereas I went to Craigslist. If you aren't familiar with Craigslist, think of it as the free classified section of the Internet. It's a mixed bag and no frills, but the place to go if you need something quick and cheap or to get rid of something fast.
So look for couches, but nothing really grabs me. I also notice that there is a personals section. Well as a single guy, I'm always looking at such things. Again, I don't find anything that really grabs me, but one profile (while not my "type") was very wittily written. For some reason, I think that Ada would get a kick out of it too, so I send her the link. What does Ada do? She emails the gal! And they hit it off! And she has a friend... who is Dan. One thing leads to another, and now they are engaged!
So if you have single friends out there... fire up your browser and start looking for furniture, because you never know what you'll find instead!
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
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