September 15th, 2006
Today, I was reading Reflections of Psalm 8 (Part 1) by Louie Giglio from the book The Heart of Worship.
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Worship is about God, not us. We worship Him because of who He is. He deserves all the honor and all the credit – no less. You may have heard that before, but knowing how selfish and self absorbed we can be (it’s human nature), continually reminding ourselves and asking God to remind us of this is vital.
So Louie’s take on this is that leaders of worship need to be little leaders. That is people who take the light that shines on them and reflect it back to God. How does one know if he or she is a little leader? Louie gives us one quick indicator to use.
So if you want a quick glimpse into how small you are as a leader, take note of which pronouns consume you: “His,” “He” and “Yours”; or “I,” “me” and “mine.” Little leaders use “he” a lot. The big ones use “me.”
Is Louie Giglio a little leader? Well, I did a search on the web using Louie’s name because I intended to link Louie’s website with this post. If you visit the site and do some digging, you will be able to find mention of Louie, but it is fairly obvious that the site is about Him, not Louie Giglio. Way to reflect the light back to God Louie!
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September 7th, 2006
Yesterday (9/6) was my mom’s birthday. I spent the day with her and she took me to this place for lunch.
I’m not a tea-drinking kinda gal, but lunch was fantastic! The Quiet Corner got its start by word of mouth. It’s how my mom discovered it and how I ended up there today.
If you end up in this middle of nowhere place, be sure to say “Hi” to Sir Lance-a-lot.
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September 5th, 2006
Yesterday Kevin, Jocie, Livie and I headed to Indiana to visit my parents. This morning all of us, including my parents, played a game of Aggravation.
At family gatherings, I have heard Kevin and other spouses who are married to my family members talk about The Smith Gene. (This is a not so subtle code phrase for my spouse is an extremely competitive game player) Well, I got to see The Smith Gene in action today! As we began the game, at first it wasn’t apparent. Then Livie rolled the dice and had two options:
- move her first marble ahead
- move her second marble and send her daddy’s marble back to base
With a grin from ear to ear, she chose option #2. Kevin looked at me like “See? She’s got the gene too!“. I smiled back and thought to myself “That’s my girl!” My parents and Jocie cheered Livie on and the game continued. Time and time again I saw instances of competitiveness from both girls, myself and my parents. Kevin, being the good sport he is endured all of us and even sent a few of us back to base at times. Livie ended up winning the game, but I suspect that only happened because she had 3 adults strategizing for her! All of us experienced laughter and smiles as we played the game.
Seeing The Smith Gene in action, I have drawn several conclusions:
- competitiveness can be fun, even for those who tend not to be competitive
- wanting to win is something all of us desire, even for those who don’t classify themselves as competitive
- how we handle not winning reveals a whole lot about our character – everyone cheered for Livie, even big sis Jocie
- The Smith Gene isn’t really a gene, after all my mom married into the family and she seems to have The Smith Gene
- we are going to need to get Aggravation for our home – our girls loved it
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