Always Makes Things Better
“She always makes things better. You know, just like your mom would.” My friend and I were speaking about an awkward situation a group of us had recently experienced. As we rehearsed the events and talked about how we wished things had unfolded in a different way, my friend remarked about her original plans to help improve an inevitably uncomfortable moment.
As she filled me in on her ideas she said “I wanted to ask her to say a few words. She always makes things better”. My friend didn’t know what this person would say to help assuage the situation but she knew that whatever she would say and the manner she would say it in, would make things better.
Wow, what a testimony…to be known as a person who always makes things better. In that instant she had just summarized our entire purpose of ministry…to make things better. Nothing could be simpler and yet nothing could be more profound. Her remark was so telling on one hand and so piercing on the other.
Oh boy. This had all the makings of a real disaster. These were not professionals but ordinary people who had volunteered to perform for a company sponsored talent show to raise money for a charitable cause. One by one these volunteers were called up to perform their acts before the audience.
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