Dialogue
“Oh!”
Nancy’s mind was somewhere else completely as she strode around the corner of the building and collided with a person coming the other way. At first she was so thrown off her mental balance that she didn’t even look at the body she had rammed. Belongings were gathered and accounted for, and it wasn’t until each individual glanced to check out the other party that recognition flickered in both sets of eyes.
“Alice!” “Nancy!” They exclaimed together.
“How are…?” “Where have…?”
They started laughing. Nancy was the first to stop and suggest, “Have you got time for a coffee?”
“I would love to Nancy.”
They wasted no time in locating a comfortable café close by and settled down to catch up.
“Alice, it must be almost 20 years,” said Nancy. “How have you been? What have you been doing?”
“One question at a time” Alice said laughingly. “After I left school I travelled the world, working as I went. I was searching for something to fill a gap in my life, something that would satisfy the emptiness I felt, but it wasn’t until I met a lady through temp work who invited me along to an Amway meeting of all things, that I found what I had been looking for.”
“Sounds like a U2 song,” Nancy said with a giggle.
“I know, but unlike U2 I did find what I was looking for. I found Jesus at Amway and my life has not been the same since!”
“Oh…” Nancy looked slightly uncomfortable and started to regret the collision but before she could form an excuse to escape, Alice spoke.
“Oh Nancy, don’t look at me like that! I’m still the same Alice. I still love watching girly movies with mates and getting together to paint nails and stuff. It’s just that I don’t get lonely the way I used to. And when I go through tough times I have someone to lean on and rely on to help me.”
At this Nancy’s heart seemed to give a little leap. “But don’t you have to give up fun? I always thought church people were a bit stuck up and boring? No offence intended.” Nancy lowered her eyes realising she may have hurt her old friend.
“None taken. God invented laughter and love and everything good in this world. Would you like to meet Him?”
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