Extraverted Roo-Cup

I’d not had a Roo Cup until this year.
Then, on a whim inspired by one of my choir members,
I suggested that my school PTO provide Roo Cups to the staff for Teacher Appreciation Week,
And all of a sudden I had my own Roo Cup.
It’s orange and everything.

It rode around in my car for a couple of weeks,
Still wrapped in its original packaging,
Because I’d heard that the first fill-up was free,
And for some reason I thought that I needed to be with someone to celebrate the free drink.

So I waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Until finally I asked a coworker if she’d go with me to use my Roo Cup for the first time.
She laughed at me.
But then we went.
And we met another co-worker.
And we all filled our Roo Cups,
Them for the many-th time. Me for the first.

Then we sat at the gas station and talked.
And drank our Icees and sodas from our Roo Cups.
And ate gas station potato chips.
And spoke to students and strangers.
And I declared myself a true extravert for not wanting to use my Roo Cup alone.

I’ve been reading a devotional book each night this week.
An idea that the writer keeps mentioning is that of Christ being in community with God—
God being Triune God—
Father, Son, Holy Spirit…Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer—
God being relationship with Godself—
And each of us being created to join in community relationship with Triune God and with one another.

Maybe I’m crazy,
But tonight, as I sip on another Icee that I stopped to get on my way home from an appointment in Raleigh,
And as I reflect on my inaugural Roo Cup experience,
I can’t help but think that if Jesus were humanly alive today,
Then he’d probably sit in community at gas stations,
Drinking from Roo Cups,
Eating potato chips, and
Speaking to friends and strangers alike.