anpan sparking

today was full of opportunities. and by
God's grace, i took one- however, briefly.
the first chance i saw, i didn't take.
my friend whom i've known for a while appeared
quite sick in class today, but he was more
than ill. he was feeling rejection i assume
from one of those private schools. kid got
into stanford...but i can't say i know what
that feels like quite yet. so everyone told
him to feel better and i know he's smart, so
he won't do anything stupid, hopefully.
the second chance lingered in front of me
for about twenty or so minutes. my friends
were discussing plans for the weekend to go
watch a movie. they began to speak about the
different plots of all the current movies and
i remember at one point, a plot was mentioned
that involved abortion. perfect transition
into a talk on morals, i thought. didn't take it.
before my third chance came, i felt pretty
much like there was not a possibility to mention
faith or the gospel at all for me at school this
week. but then the third chance came. it was very
brief, but at the very least, it happened.
admittedly, i remember not paying attention much
in english class today- up until my teacher said
to one of my classmates the words, "ye of little
faith," to which another student responded,
"where did you get that from? shakespeare?" and
the teacher of the year replied, "it's from the
bible" and then walked backed to her desk to let
us all work. a few seconds after, the room was
filled with clamor and my attention was turned
towards my classmate who asked the question.
talking to his friend, he said "no. that is
definitely not from the bible. i heard it in
some movie." his friend said "she probably just
made it up on the spot." i couldn't let this
conversation die so easily. "no," i said in a
surprisingly louder voice, "it definitely is
in the bible." they both turn around to look at
me. one of them asks, "hmm? who says it?" at this
point, i can feel fire in my bones and confidence
in my lungs. "Jesus said it. to His disciples."
they both turn back and i hear, "well if john
says it's in the bible, it's probably in there."
then the conversation stopped and i was just
sitting, thinking. i know now why paul ends his
letters by writing "grace be with you."