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According to a recent poll conducted in our province, many people cited 2020 as the, if not one of the, worst years of their life. In all honesty, I鈥檇 have to say the same thing if one was basing that conclusion of the effect of the pandemic.听
Good or bad, I freely admit that I鈥檓 a 鈥減eople person鈥� and I truly miss receiving and giving of hugs at church, grocery shopping minus a mask and not having a cart between me and others. Oh yes, I also miss those daily bus rides where a good number of us chatted as we rode into town.
Having said all that, this week has also given me one of the loveliest moments of the past five or so months. Here鈥檚 my story.
After my usual morning walk, I head into town for a cup of tea and appropriate socializing at our local Tim Hortons. This particular day I鈥檇 gardened for three hours in the morning so didn鈥檛 go to town until the afternoon; in so doing, however, I happened to see the early morning announcer for our local radio station. We chatted and I told her I鈥檇 be tuning in to listen to her read the news at 6:30 a.m. I did, and here鈥檚 what I heard: 鈥淵esterday I met the beautiful Linda at Tim鈥檚 [her exact words, honest!]. She said she really likes classical music and I couldn鈥檛 find any, but here鈥檚 a song dedicated to her.鈥�
A huge grin covered my morning countenance but an even happier smile filled my heart and stayed there all day.
Who can you encourage today? What 鈥渟ong鈥� can you sing to someone who may need it more than you can imagine?
鈥溾赌� speak [sing]encouraging words to one another.鈥�
Sing first to Him and then to them 鈥� you won鈥檛 regret it.
