Later Than Ever

I went to Tangent Mennonite for prayer meeting last evening. Here's how it went.

I expect their service to start at 8 pm. I'm running late and I tell myself that I'll go in if I'm no later than 8:05. I get there and decide to wait for another car to pull in — I am fearful that the service starts at 7:30 instead of 8. No other car pulls in, but Rhonda D comes out of the building and gives me the necessary information. The service started at 7:30, they were already done with prayer — but she told me to go in anyway. "No one will see you. We're working on boldness here." Um, okay — so I go in and slide into place on a chair by the back pew. The men were discussing the Old Testament cities of refuge.

After the service, I talked to some friendly people and Rhonda invited me to their place for supper this evening. So I was rewarded for walking into the service 40 minutes late — he-he. :) I think it'll be good this evening.