I am somewhat of a daydreamer at heart. I suppose I came by this by being an avid reader at a very young age. I spent half my childhood on some battlefield defending hearth and home from the evil communists. Each battle always ended with me coming home to a heroes welcome with honors and medals a plenty. The problem with having such a fanciful imagination is that it can lead you to overlook the heroic in the mundane.

Very few of us will ever have the experience of saving the homeland on the battlefield, or pulling someone from a burning building. Yet despite the normalness that occupies most of our lives, there are great deeds awaiting us every day of our life if we have the vision to see them. This kind of heroism is actually harder because it results from very little reward or recognition.

As I write this post I think of a friend of mine who is pacing around his house trying to get his baby girl to fall asleep. To his baby girl and his wife he is as big a hero as spiderman, superman, and ironman all rolled into one. I am also thinking about a friend of mine who has traveled many miles to take care of her sick father. If I thought long enough I’m sure could name several more people who are big heroes but whose names you wouldn’t even recognize.

The world is full of heroes who go unnoticed by human eyes. There is great comfort however in knowing that even when men don’t notice, God does. Here what Jesus has to say on the subject:

"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,you did it to me."

- Matthew 25:35-40

So what quiet but heroic thing can you do for someone today? Whatever you have a mind to do, don’t hesitate. Remember, everybody needs a hero.