Yesterday I got an email from someone I am fortunate to call a friend. It was an encouragement bomb.
Who He Is
We’re not friends because I have earned it. I haven’t done anything at all for this friend. It’s not a mutually advantageous relationship where we help each other’s careers or watch each other’s houses when we go on vacation. We are friends because he is a friend. That’s who he is.
What He Said
The email he sent was a short note – only two sentences – which included this phrase:
“. . . you were on my heart and mind early this AM and I prayed for you . . .”
There was a little more to it but the details fall away compared to this phrase.
He Is Busy
My friend runs an organization of hundreds of people. There are no spare moments, no down time to kill. He’s doing important things and I’m not one of them. And yet . . . Yesterday morning as he prayed I come to mind. He prayed for a project that I’m working on and he wrote two sentences in a quick email.
It Made My Day
It’s probably going to make my day again today. It’s a shining example of how encouragement is done. Simple, short, to the point, but powerful. It was unexpected. It was not required. It was awesome. I’m going to make it a goal to be a friend like that to someone else. I thought I’d start by sharing it with you. May you have a day as blessed as my friend made mine.
