Sorry for the delay this week! I have been super busy and under a ton of stress! School, work, home...a lot! But, I had a great weekend with some pretty cool people! (You know who you are!)
Apparently, I am a prideful person! At least it seems that way with what I have been reading lately! When I was in college, I noticed a lot of pride...it was usually the first thing I saw in a person and it frustrated me so much! This is still something I wrestle with on a daily basis. My response has changed though! Instead of noticing how much it annoys me, I notice what I can do to lessen my own pride.
What stood out to me today: Verses 20-21 say, "Now to Him who is able to do car more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen."
Why this stood out to me: These verses stood out to me because it focuses what God does in and through me and not what I can do for God. All glory goes to God. None of it to me.
How this applies in my life: There have been a few times this spring where I have completely lost sight of what God is doing at camp and focused all the glory on myself. Things happened because I was there, or it was my idea, and I have totally taken God out of the equation. Most recently I have been calling summer staff MY STAFF, and not God's staff. And that has affected how I am viewing staff training. I want things to look a certain way and feel a certain way and I have not been listening to God about it much. And that is not OK. What do I do? I need to recognize that I am the one not in control, and that God is. I need to lift up the team in prayer, and seek God for how to lead and what to say. Sometimes humble pie does not taste so good!
Tomorrow I will be reading in Ephesians 4:1-16.
In His service, CrazyPete
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