Biking, Jesus and a New Friend

I was out riding my bike the other day. I was riding along a bike path during my lunch break. It is not too uncommon for me to see people from the church but I am cruising at around 20mph and I have a helmet and glasses on so while I may recognize them they rarely recognize me. So, I zoom past and just say to myself,"Hey, I know them". There is one place in my ride where I need to slow up to cross a neighborhood entrance. I slowed up and looked for cars and saw a lady from the church. I was riding slowly enough to recognize her and called her by name. She took a second and then recognized me and said,"Hi Joe". She said it in a way that made me come to a complete stop instead of racing on which is my habit especially at lunch. She was riding with another young woman. Sue introduced me to her friend and said,"We were just talking. My new friend here is Muslim but she has been going to church and thinking about Christianity. She just asked me if there was anyone in our church who used to be Muslim she might be able to talk to about becoming a Christian. And right then you rode up". And then she introduced me to her friend and said,"This is our pastor. See, I told you God was working in your life". Her friend laughed and said,"I am not even trying and these things keep happening. All I have done is open my heart up to Jesus". It was a very cool moment. I assured her that I could find someone and rode off smiling and shaking my head at how the God who created the cosmos out of nothing cares so much about 3 people riding bikes on a Wednesday afternoon. I went back to the church and told the story to the staff. Marshall Brandon laughed and told me that a good friend of his who was a former Muslim was coming to visit him Saturday and would be in church Sunday. God made that last move and I am pretty sure I heard Him say,"Check mate".