Our American Idol

A guy from my home town was named the 2012 American Idol. I have had the pleasure of meeting him as well as hearing him play so it was really sweet to see him on TV living his dream. I worked with his sisters and his family has such a sweet and humble spirit. One of his sisters runs Mission Change which does a lot of work for the community. Now although he had a great opportunity that only a select few have received there is always a lesson to be learned. I guess it is really true that there is never a testimony without a test. God has a special ways of taking us through a test without us even knowing sometimes. Here it is, a guy from a small town going to audition to live a life doing what he loves best. From moment one he won the world over not only with his voice but with his personality. All throughout the competition, the judges and the world were giving him advice on things he could change about himself to be better but he never waivered and stayed true to himself. Never once did he say well since so and so said this let me change this up for the next week. God wants that out of all of us. He wants us to stand up for what we believe and never waiver from being true to what we believe in our hearts. I am sure that people told him he would never make it but when you truly know God for yourself, you know that if there is a desire in your heart and you have faith and live your life according to God's Word he will always keep his promise to you. You can tell that he has the spirit to do great things and reach a lot of people through his music. One of the sweetest moments of the whole competition to me was after he was named the winner and was singing what is to be his first single, he could not even get through the song because emotion took over as reality was setting in for him. As the tears began to roll, he left the stage and went to hug the people that have stood by him the most (his family). It was such a sweet moment to see the support and love they have for each other. A true testament of faith and perserverance and I pray that he reaches people in a different way through song.