Mini Miracle #01:
[in which Sparrow records the little things that strengthen his testimony]
So I'm going on a blind date on Friday. That isn't the miracle. The important context is that we met in a BYU free food groupchat, and that he said that he would be willing to go on a date with 90% of the girls on campus. I know, I know, not the best guy for me to be seeing. But he offered free ice cream and I'm not gonna turn down free ice cream so I DMed him and said I would go out with him.
Anyways. The problem lies in the fact that I do not look like 90% of the girls on campus. BYU, if you didn't know, is full of like, the most gorgeous suburban blonde white girls you've ever seen, and I am a weird little gremlin with dyed and shaved hair, a face only a mother could love, a complete inability to wear makeup, and a wardrobe that screams "raging lesbian".
So this morning, I was sitting in my biology lecture, worried that I am going to be an utter disappointment to this guy. And to make it worse, last week, I saw the guy who I typically sit next to in lecture [who I thought I hit it off really well with] on a date with another girl. So when I leave my class, I put on my headphones and prepare to get the heck out of there, blasting some Midwest emo tunes.
But right before I head down the stairs, I see a girl running after me. I stop and take off my headphones, and she says, "Hi, I don't want to bother you, I'm so sorry, but I just wanted to tell you that you're so pretty."
Jaw drop.
I literally covered my mouth with my hand and told her, "are you serious??" She said, "Yeah! And also I really like your Harris pin." [I have a Vote Harris pin on my backpack] I said "oh my gosh thank you so much", and we both skedaddled to our respective locations.
I don't know what possessed that girl to stop me and tell me she thought I was pretty. I don't know if she actually did think I was pretty, or if she just knew I needed to hear it. I don't know if she knows that she made my day. I don't know if she knows that in that moment, she was a conduit of the Lord and of the pure love of Christ. But I hope wherever she is, she reaps the blessings of the kindness she showed me.