Daughters of Promise November/December 2014 | Page 35

I have someone who might have some ideas.”
And so finally Caleb and Hans talked. I didn’t say
much; I just nodded and smiled. I nodded, because
I was pretending that I knew what they were talking
about. I smiled because it pleased me so much to
hear them talking finally.
I imagine God is like that too. I imagine that since God
is a huge fan of everyone he knows, and he knows
everyone, that he has billions of connections he
hopes to make for people. Some of the connections
he hopes to make between two of his children
include you. He has people he wants you to meet.
God thinks they are fabulously interesting and he
says to us, “If only you’d meet them, you’d share my
opinion.” However, our response is often, “I’m not an
outgoing person,” or “I feel like they don’t want to
talk with me.”
Both of those reasons have a problem: they are selfcentered excuses. We are reticent because we focus
on ourselves. Focus on others and things will change.
Let me clarify. There are a couple things I am not

saying. I am not saying that you should try to interact
with people in greater volumes. This is draining for
some personalities. I am not saying you should add a
multitude of close friends. Everyone should find and
cult