Bus Stop

Chicago is my second home. I've been there way too many times in the past year. But everytime I go theres always something new. The last time we went, my dad,ky,zach, and I decided to take the bus. This was a first for all of us and something we wanted to experience. Waiting for the bus I think was the most fun. We met a guy named Michael.
Michael is a college student who has lived in chicago his entire life. He knows only the part of the city that he grew up in. He takes the bus everywhere he goes because cars and parking are too expensive in Chicago. That night he was on his way to a class. Michael is majoring in history and loves to tell jokes. He believes in some new age stuff...power in everyone looking at the moon at the same time..things like that. He is super outgoing and loves to make converstation with everybody he meets on the bus.
It's crazy how much I learned about a guy I'd never met in one bus ride from the hospital to forever 21. Out of everything Michael said to us, i remember one thing in particular. He was talking about the crazy city life and the people of chicago. This one sentence really made me think...He said that People are too worried about tomorrow in this chicago that they never live.
In one sense, Michael has everything figured out...he's living his life...not worrying about tomorrow. But on the other hand...he has just barely figured out how to live life. There was just one HUGE thing missing. God was the missing piece and it didn't seem to phase him. I guess just because I've been raised with the knowledge of God and my mindset of life is around him i just can't really understand how someone who gets how to live doesn't know the one who created us.
Michael really made me think that day. I started to blog in my mind on the bus. haha. He could change the city of chicago if he talked about how awesome God is too everyone instead of telling borderline jokes and making people laugh. He has the right idea..but not the right content.
The city bus could possibly be one of the best places of ministry. In 15 minutes I learned all about a stranger without me doing the talking. Imagine if I intentionally rode the bus to minister to the people who live life in tomorrow.