During the retreat for the youth my church had last weekend, one of my church friends and one of my school friends became really close. My school friend told me the day after the retreat about an amazing compliment my church friend had given her, which got me thinking about the greatest compliment I've ever received. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I couldn't recall any compliments I had received that had a profound significance to me. Sure, I'd been complimented, but none of them ever made a real difference in my life.
When I delved deeper into my memory bank and got *nudge nudge* lost in thought *wink* I realized that the greatest compliments I had ever received were actually people thanking me for things I didn't even realize I was doing.
The greatest of these came in the form of a song, written for me, scrawled on a piece of loose leaf paper, handed to me one Wednesday night a couple of years ago. I think I was a 7th grader or something like that. The note/song came from a high schooler named Victoria Dickens.
This is what it said:
Seeing your smiling face has made my day
You make all of my blues go away
Your friendship has meant so much to me
And now in due time I hope you'll see
Your energy picks me up when I'm down
Your encouraging faith has turned my life around
Thank you for showing me our God's real
In His glorious love I hope you'll feel
All of the love He has given to you and me
I hope you live your life so others can see
CHRIST IS REAL!
CHRIST IS REAL!
You wrote a song or two that inspired me
Helped me to remember all that God can be
Sometimes I wonder what you see in me at all
But I know you just follow God's holy call
Your energy picks me up when I'm down
Your encouraging faith has turned my life around
Thank you for showing me our God's real
In His glorious love I hope you'll feel
All of the love He has given to you and me
I hope you live your life so others can see
CHRIST IS REAL!
CHRIST IS REAL!
So I want to let you know
God uses you
So I want to let you know
God loves you, too!
Your energy picks me up when I'm down
Your encouraging faith has turned my life around
Thank you for showing me our God's real
In His glorious love I hope you'll feel
All of the love He has given to you and me
I hope you live your life so others can see
CHRIST IS REAL!
CHRIST IS REAL!
God uses the weak to lead the strong
I guess you've known that all along
You've always supported the faith in me
So I can let everyone else see
CHRIST IS REAL!
CHRIST IS REAL!
CHRIST IS REAL!
That last stanza, in bold, is my favorite part. It reminds me that even those who have the faith of a mustard seed can do great things for God. It reminds me that as Christians, we need to stick together. We can't go through life without people on our side. God made us that way. It also reminds me that, even though I might not be aware of it, people are watching me. And I hope they see my faith shining through all of my imperfections.
I think I wrote about the exact same thing in two posts back-to-back. Whoops. (:
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