Prayer over coffee

I was sitting in Tim Hortons yesterday and saw some local men businessmen sitting at a table.  I knew who they were and knew that there was a couple of men in the group that were experiencing trials in their lives.  There was a marraige at stake, and a man who's wife had just had cancer removed.  I'm sure among the group there were various issues that they were personally dealing with that I was unaware about.  I sat on the other side of a dividing wall for a couple of hours... I was actually creating my blog!  As I was leaving I glanced over at their table and saw all their heads bowed in prayer.  The place was filled with locals and they were openly engaged in prayer.  In a public place.  Praise God there is still no shame in meeting among the community and engaging in open prayer!  In a day when marriage seperations are far too common, when our youth is needing more attention than ever due to the pressures of peers, drugs, internet and gaming.  In a time that more and more of our loved ones are getting sick with cancer and disease.  It is no time to be taking God out of the schools and community.  It is clear that more than ever we need God and we need prayer.  How encouraging to see that a group of men, men that lead our generations, are still taking time to pray.  Even over a coffee.