Community

Have you seen the T.V. series "Community"? Since I spent a couple years at Pasadena City College back in the day, I find it hilarious. It's a funny show that singles out all the different kinds of people that go to Community College; the nerdy guy who talks a lot, the odd old guy, the divorced mother who's going back to school, the pretty girl, the guy who was popular in high school, but is now feeling like a loser, etc. And what makes it funny is that you've probably known or been similar to one of the characters.

So this odd group of people ends up in a Spanish study group together, and they couldn't BE more different! But, what makes me love this show is that despite how different they are, and how unlikely it is that they would be friends, they end up growing to be each others best friends and creating their own "Community". They come to accept, and even stand up and defend each other and become their own kind of family. In the first episode the nerdy guy who talks a lot, spills a lot of information to the main character, about a girl the other one has a crush on, and he looks at him and says "I see your value now." And even though he's using the nerdy guy to some extent, it's a touching moment. And he replies, "That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me."

But it just made me think, who have I known who has seen my true value? I can think of a handful of friends and relatives, and realized, these are the people who have left the biggest impacts on my life. They were Jesus to me. They saw something inside me which I was unable to see. They listened to me and didn't push me aside or ignore me. They saw my worth, as a child of God, and pointed it out to me and made me see it too. That was one of the best gifts anyone could ever give me.

Who has seen your true value? Who makes you see it too? Do you look for the gift in others? Try and see someone's true value today, look a little deeper, and then let them know! Think of what an incredible difference you could make in someone's life, simply by noticing, and pointing it out.