Recent "Coincidences"--(God? Is that you?)

Hmm...so, i haven't written here in a few days.  Not really because i don't want to.  Or even because i've been scared off by not having anything to say.  Just don't really have anything to say.

I hung out with a friend on Saturday morning.  I think we are in similar places Spiritually--not necessarily "journey-wise" but "belief-wise".  It was really good!!  we hung out for about 2 1/2 hours without realizing it!!  And i think we have more to talk about!!  That's a good sign =).

Oh, i've had a few more coincidences lately (namely--today).  I don't think that i've mentioned that i think one of the ways that God is possibly speaking to me right now is through seeming coincidences.  It started a month or so back when i was reading "Hidden Things: Scripture as Spirituality" by Richard Rohr.  One weekend, i was reading it and in the span of 2-3 pages it mentioned one Scripture that had been mentioned in the sermon that Sunday and another Scripture that my devotional book had mentioned.  Also, Rohr seemed to be speaking directly to me through this book.  I kept finding myself saying (in my head), "that's exactly what i've been thinking!  That's exactly what i came up with!"  It was really weird.

And then (i might be skipping some coincidences, but i'm not really remembering them), 9/11 i went to a talk by the Interfaith Amigos and found myself doing the same thing.

And then a few days ago, one of my housemates randomly paused the episode of Buffy we had been watching and asked me what i thought about taking the Lord's name in vain.  I told her.  And then that night, the new book i have been reading ("Googling God" by John Cox) tangentially mentioned why people find it so easy to use the Lord's name(s) in vain.

Most recently, in "Googling God", Cox just mentioned off-hand that we as humans just want to survive (and possibly even thrive).  "Surviving" and "Thriving" were the exact words that my counselor used a few weeks back.  I know that they're common words, esp. to talk about how we live, think, interact in life.  But it still stuck out to me.

Anyway...i thought i didn't have much to write =).  That's what i get for underestimating the power of "just being".