Complements

I had a couple of "feel good" moments on Wednesday as two completely unrelated men gave me words which I took as great complements. The first man was at my job in Dunkin' Donuts. He, being regular customer, and I were chatting as I mentioned something concerning the depth of the snow. At this he questioned how newscasters said that there was over two feet of snowfall last weekend, when he only measured just over one foot. Several possible answers ran through my head, but I gave only one, saying that because in heavy snow-falls, much of the snow is compressed under its own weight. Because of this, they perhaps calculate the inches of snowfall by multiplying the rate of snowfall with the time of snowfall, resulting numbers being the total inches (or feet) of snowfall. He was very impressed with this answer. After he asked where I heard that, and finding that it only came from my brain, he said that it would be his answer to others when the matter came up. I find that quite flattering.
Eric Smith, our new Pastor at Collinsville Bible Church, also approached me on Wednesday. Some Wednesday evenings during our prayer meeting, he likes to read a hymn story before singing that hymn. That night after the service, he asked me if I was interested in doing it some night. He said that he was asking me because he had noticed that I was fond of hymns and experienced in music. Wanting to get other people to minister in various ways, he thought that I would enjoy this. What I find amazing and encouraging is that I don't believe that I've ever talked to him about music before. It seems that he has gathered this opinion from only two sources: congregational singing and choir singing. Thank you very much!
I can even think of two other things that happened on Wednesday that could be thought of complements as well. It was definitely a day that my feet didn't touch the ground all that much.