Thursday, March 31, 2005
So, three down, two more to go - I don't know if I should be depressed by that fact or rejoicing. They have been quite challenging (or maybe that's just me:) - but the wicked awesome thing is that I am done after this week - done seeing Mohawk. I thought about that the other day as I walked down the hallway - and as wierd as it is, I think I am going to miss it somedays. I spent most of my life there over the past year - like they should dedicate a library chair to me - I spent enough time there. SO yah, it's the good, the bad, and the ugly.
"We have a tendency to loook for wonder in our experience, and we mistake heroic actions for real heros. It's one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is no witness, no limelight, and no one paying even the remotest attention to us. If we are not looking for halos, we at least want something that will make people say, "What a wonderful man of prayer he is!" or "What a great woman of devotion she is!" If you are properly devoted to the Lord Jesus, you have reached the lofty height where no one would ever notice you personally. All that is noticed is the power of God coming through you all the time. We want to be able to say, "Oh, I have had a wonderful call from God!" But to do even the most humbling tasks to the glory of God takes the Almighty God Incarnate working in us."
Oswald Chambers
It's so true - I see it in my own life - living for recognition. Just sayin.
"We have a tendency to loook for wonder in our experience, and we mistake heroic actions for real heros. It's one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is no witness, no limelight, and no one paying even the remotest attention to us. If we are not looking for halos, we at least want something that will make people say, "What a wonderful man of prayer he is!" or "What a great woman of devotion she is!" If you are properly devoted to the Lord Jesus, you have reached the lofty height where no one would ever notice you personally. All that is noticed is the power of God coming through you all the time. We want to be able to say, "Oh, I have had a wonderful call from God!" But to do even the most humbling tasks to the glory of God takes the Almighty God Incarnate working in us."
Oswald Chambers
It's so true - I see it in my own life - living for recognition. Just sayin.