When Others Serve

Jovi and I took a trip to Starbucks this morning. It's not part of our regular routine. But that's precisely why we did it. To break out of routine. To shake things up. Because we needed a change of pace to get us inspired for the day ahead. Out of our heads and into the world for a little while. (Granted we can get to Starbucks and back home in 15 minutes so it wasn't a long while, but it was something!)

When I got up to the drive-thru window, the young man with the black eyeliner and bleach blonde hair said, "The woman ahead of you bought your coffee." "That is so sweet!" I said. "She really is the sweetest," he said, making me think that this isn't the first time she has bought coffee for the car behind her.

Don't you just love it when you get to see other people respond to that nudge to serve someone else! And sometimes you even get to be that someone else!

I'm so grateful that Jovi and I changed up our routine this morning. And not just because I got free coffee out of the deal. But because I got to see that others are out there who are also doing their best to live into this call to serve.

And Jovi was just happy to get to go along for the ride!