Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, February 5, 2015

QT 5 Feb 15, Matt 23:9, Humble yourself by learning to exalt others

Matt 23:12 (ESV) Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.


NOTE: So this is the area where I can say in today's popular nomenclature--FAIL. And I do. I struggle again and again to just shut up. I don't need to exalt myself. I don't need to talk about my past accomplishments, authority, or awards. I just need to let it go and shut up. There are certainly advantages to people knowing your strengths. It is possible that it could increase trust. But it is just ugly to watch some puffed-up person, like myself, subtly puffing himself up. Well, at least I think I'm subtle, but probably not. So, it's hard to just stop doing something. Usually you need to replace it with some other activity. So my activity will be to lift others up and promote others. I need to change my thought process. How can I compliment or lift up another? What can I say to make that person look good? I don't know how well this will work, but this will be my goal today, at least as a start.
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