Simply the Presence

Today at work a man came to get a cup of coffee. Not unusual for a coffee shop:) But the man, who is about a grandfathers age and in a wheel chair from diabetes, just seemed to linger around the counter. For about 45 minutes. He didn't really say very much. Only a few words every now and then. As I was closing up and telling him goodbye I realized he just wanted to be in the presence of someone. Living in the Veterans Hospital can be lonely. He just wanted someone to be there with him. We didn't have to talk or even make eye contact, but the presence of someone can be comforting. It really humbled me. Sometimes we see things like this as annoying or uncomfortable, but think about what his day may have been filled with otherwise. 45 minutes is not that long, especially out of 24 hours! If it was comforting for this man to just be in the presence of another human being think about how amazing it is to just simply be in the presence of the Lord. I pray this man knows the Lord and feels his loving presence daily and that God may put other "presences" in his life to make it joyful!!