Giants

Have you ever met a giant?

Once, when serving as camp counselor, I ate dinner with an NBA basketball player who happened by the remote, coastal property on his yacht. I’m not normally one for “star” gazing and don’t like the hoopla around celebrities, but since our height difference was drawing attention I thought I would risk a photo request.

Back-to-back, we discovered a 3 foot difference between us. Yes, it was my first encounter with a giant. But that’s not the kind of giant I mean.

I spent the better part of the past week with giants. One measured a slight 4’10” or so and claimed she once played basketball. Except for her reputation for integrity I would not have believed it!

What makes a giant? Oxford may disagree but let me suggest a few giant-esque traits.

• Devotion and care for the little people
• Sharing and distributing resources
• Working toward fairness but not demanding it for themselves
• Helping without hurting
• Living simply so others can simply live
• Acting from the heart by using the head
• Compelled by love

I’m sure you can think of more but these are just a smattering of qualities identifiable in my giants. Well, they aren’t really mine because everyone knows you can never own a giant.

They are the Canadian Baptist Ministry family members and giants of the most lovable and admirable kind.