To the Mystery Starbucks Girl

I walked through the door and ordered my usual coffee. I sat in front of you, our eyes met, I smiled at you.  You wrote, “Thank you for hope” on a napkin, alongside a pressed wildflower. You left. These are the only interactions we had.                                                                                                                                                       I will carry them with me forever.

                I don’t know you and I don’t know if I will ever see you again, so let me thank you. As I sat in front of you, opened my bible, and began to read, I had no idea that you would find hope. I saw that you were reading your bible; I saw you were crying, but then I looked up and saw Hope in your eyes.

I saw Jesus wiping your tears away

I saw Jesus telling you he loves you

I saw Jesus healing you

 I saw Jesus telling you that he would never leave you.

I saw myself in your eyes

I saw Jesus wiping my tears away

I heard Jesus say he loves me

I saw Jesus healing me

Jesus was right in front of me

So thank you

Thank you for hope