'Well done good and faithful servant.'
How we long to hearthose spoken words,
when all is done and dusted,
and the world is wrapped up,
to be replaced
with something infinitely more wonderful.
Well done for what?
Being part of Christ's body on Earth?
Showing up on a Sunday?
The well done will look much deeper.
It is for all the times when you faithfully did,
what you were born to do,
even when no one was recording it
for posterity.
God saw and He smiled.
Such a smile,
and He only gives that particular smile to you.
For within its frame is held
every interaction
and conversation
between the two of you.
All your struggles,
all your triumphs,
all the choices made
to never give up on
your together journey.
'Well done' will mean what is does to you alone.
And you and God will share another smile.
I love this idea that there is a smile that God only gives to you, because of your shared journey together. We are all created unique, and therefore each of us has a unique relationship with God. We should never try to copy someone else's interaction with God. He wants the real you, and He loves you so much.
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