When you ask somebody a question do you have a set of answers you think they might give? Kinda like Who wants to be a millionaire, i do, it decides how i think of the person, this is what i would like them to say, this is what they probably will say. The greatest people i always get wrong, i always underestimate them even if i readjust for how great they are, they always go above and beyond my hopes, these are the people i want to be surrounded by daily, yet make me think "God i dont deserve this - you know how crap i really am? right? .... you sure you have the right person?".
I hope he doesnt mind me using him as an example, but like Weston
Im struggling with my (very important) dissertation project, ive been given a programme that i have no idea how to work and am pretty stressed out about it, so i guess im just moaning
It goes something like this
"ARGH!!! why is this thing not working!! *contemplates throwing laptop out of the window*" (obviously this isnt word for word ... the general gist is there though)
My thought process on telling someone this is thus - im just moaning, i dont expect anyone to actually be able to help me, if it were me i would probably sympathise and suggest a couple of solutions
Hence my expected responses are these
"im sorry, why dont you ask your tutor tomorrow" (expected response - would make me think the person cares about me, but expected - not going above and beyond in any way shape or form)
"im sorry, that sucks" (standard response - obviously doesnt care a great deal but its not their problem, person is most probably a friend but not a close friend
"oh well, but lets talk about me" (negative response - dont feel very loved right now)
Obviously im not expecting these responses word for word but something along those lines, and most people fit in here. Which is why Weston always surprises me, i have my expected answers and then i have a backup 'really good' answer something like
"hmm how can i help?"
The kind of answer that would make me think - this person is awesome, but he doesnt even do that response, he always goes one better and i can never anticipate it, which is just wonderful. I think the actual response was
"Sure you can do it, lets work it out together" Followed by actually helping me and asking other people for help too, not being statisfied until something had been achieved, even though there was other (very important) things to be done. Basically going above and beyond what you could ever hope from a friend, and its always like that. I want to give that response, it makes me strive to be a better person.
You can never anticipate how God will help you, you have your standard 'this is what id do' response and you have a response that would be one better than that and one which would be one worse than that, but God wont do any of those, God will repsond in a way that is infinitely better ... because thats the definition of God.
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