IF YOU DON'T ASK YOU'LL NEVER KNOW.

On my recent time on the road with Third Day, God again proved to me that if I'm willing to stick my neck out and spark up conversation with the person sitting next to me on a plane flight it will be worthwhile. On one occasion I opened up a conversation with a guy in the US army on compassionate leave from Iraq. His mother-in-law had passed away and he'd arrived at Baghdad airport at 7.30 am Monday morning for a flight which eventually left at midnight. We were on a flight on Wednesday afternoon and the funeral had started just before he boarded the plane in Chicago. I was able to share some of my experience with Third Day in Iraq earlier in the year, and had an honest and open conversation with him. I was on my way to meet the band ready to play at the Nebraska state fair, and on the plane back to Atlanta the next day I spotted a big guy carrying a snare drum case in the departure lounge. He ended up next to me, and despite him looking daunting with his shaved head and tattoos, I started to chat. He turned out to be the drummer for the classic rock band Starship and had met Ringo Starr and Keith Moon ( from The Who) over the years. Even better from my point of view, he knew the drummers from Supertramp and Huey Lewis & the News- two of my favourite bands. We talked classic rock, politics, faith, life in general, exchanged emails, and I introduced him to the guys in Third Day when we got off the plane. We've sent him a copy of the Revelation album and my new book.  I'm constantly learning to shrug off my natural indifference, come out of my own cosy little world and risk talking to people- it's a thrill to see what God does with it.

Comments

[Joan Young]

Well that's how I met you! So who knows where a little chatting will end up!
Jesus knows!
*hugs*
God bless you Nigel.
I too have been remarkably surprised by speaking to strangers. Its amazing that when we stop looking inward and look to Christ, where He will take us! Amen!
You have inspired me to keep on!
I am proud of you!

BTW....its funny that you say "If you don't ask, you'll never know", for I have a whopper of a question to ask you. haha. I will write in the next few days.