Article May 15, 1995 Issue

Have you met any VIPs?

Myrtle Smyth

This is a question I am often asked because I have traveled a lot. It's nice to be able to reply, "Everyone I've met was a VIP." Why? Because he or she is very important to God. That's right. Every one of us is important to God, because God created us to express Him and manifest His goodness.

This truth was revealed to me a few years ago when a friend and I were traveling in England. We were preparing to set off on a six-hour car journey. We had packed up her car and were enjoying a late, leisurely breakfast in our hotel before we set off on our journey. We were the only people in the dining room, and we heard one of the waitresses ask the manager rather crossly why the people from room number 401 were still not down for breakfast. The manager replied that when they finally showed up she had better not say anything to them, because they were VIPs.

Well, my companion and I could hardly await the arrival of these people, and we were quite disappointed to see a very ordinary family arrive—a mother, father, and two children, all wearing jeans. My friend said, "Well, they don't look like VIPs to me. We are better dressed than they are."

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