I seems funny that I would get the notice about the new contest from Inspired by Song just a few minutes ago. You see I believe God does not have coincidences in our lives. I have just finished talking with my best friend, Jim, who I look to as my biggest HERO living on earth. There is a story that leads up to the acknowledgement of God's presence in everyday events.
Many years ago, Jim, about 40 other people and myself had accomplished the finalization of nearly 9 months intensive training geared toward allowing us to realize why we are made to be the way we are. Many people quit during the first couple days as they could not or did not want to look into who they really were. I had the honor of being able to choose a song that described this best of friends. We were all asked to pick someone within the group to honor and we were not allowed to discuss our choice with anyone but the training instructors.
We came to what would be our final gathering of that group during training and it was like graduation day. We were glad to be done yet filled with trepidation at not seeing everyone together again. Each one of were called to the front to accept the recognition of completion and given our life song to take us into the next phase. I was the second to last to be recognized and had already seen Jim stand for his song. His song was the one I had selected for him and I could hardly watch as it brought tears to his eyes as he searched out my eyes. You see I had told him many times before that he was my HERO.
Little did I realize that some of the tears resulted from the choice he had made for my song. Jim, regardless of being 7 years younger than I has always been my hero here. I have had times that he sensed something out of sorts where he would show up to give me a hug, or maybe send a package with just what was needed, or maybe a call when I was desperate, needing someone to lean on. Jim had never figured out how, being younger, he could fill the role of HERO. During the course of the training, things were revealed about ourselves but also about others who finished.
When I stood in front of the group to hear my song, the most aweinspiring event shook the room as realization numbed, not just Jim and I, but the entire group. You see, we had picked the same song for each other and it had never happened in the history of the training. The instructors called Jim to stand with me and surrounded us with what has been our song for close to 15 years. When we hear the song played, we call to say hello to that special HERO that only God can create for each one of us. So many people don't get to know their HERO truly and go through life without hearing their song.
So here is my, OUR, Theme Song: The Wind Beneath My Wings with a video that speaks to some other HEROs all of us should honor.
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