Insight

So this past weekend I met a guy who really inspired me...not just because he's a Youth Minister, but because he's an awesome human being. He has such a joy for life that it's contagious. Read a few words and see why he's one of the people I truly respect and look up to now:

"Imagine you are gifted. You have an amazing ability to play the piano. Your talent is unmatched by 95% of the world.

Here is the problem: no one will ever play the piano for you. They say things like, "Oh. I could never play the piano for YOU. You are so talented…I'd just embarrass myself." The thing is…you aren't looking for a performance…you just want to see a little part of their heart. You just want them to try…and you LOVE it when they try.

Have you ever done that? "Oh. I could never…you are so much more…so much better…I'm sorry…I'd just embarrass myself."

I wonder if God feels like that piano player.

He loves you perfectly - and He asks you to love Him in return. …and I'm guessing He gets a whole bunch of stuttering and stammering apologies. "I could never speak for you. I could never write for you. I could never sing for you. I could never play for you. I could never dance for you. I could never live for you…after all…You are so much more than I am…You are so much better."

…but God isn't looking for a performance. He just wants your heart. He just wants you to try…and He LOVES it when you try."




"So yesterday I was working away in my office when the maintenance men walked by my door and laughed as they said, "Well…Jennifer is gonna have a rough day. Her truck has a flat tire." They just kept laughing and walking… Not cool. Jennifer drives an Excursion (BIG truck) and she is not the tire-changing type. Someone had to do something…and that someone…was me.

I told her about the tire and got her keys…and about 30 minutes later…her truck was ready to roll. Tire on a big truck changed. Grubby hands. Jeans covered in soot. Teeshirt covered with an assortment of oil and grease marks. …I was THE MAN!.

Then…I remembered about six months back. My friend Billie Sue called me from the middle of the Arizona desert. She was on the highway from Phoenix to Tucson when her tire blew. "David to the rescue!!!"

So…I get there and attempt to use the jack to lift her truck and change the tire (and be the hero). Well…the truck was on just the slightest of inclines and the jack tipped…and the truck fell on the axle. That is when Billie Sue called the REAL roadside assistance…they showed up…and finished the job I couldn't.

I didn't feel like much of a man that day.

Sometimes…when my prayer life is in order and I am feeling strong in my walk with God - I can start to feel like a real man of God. …but in those times when I get a little too sure of myself…I need to recall (just for a moment) mistakes I have made…what a fool I can be sometimes…and then I remember…

I am not just a man of God…but also…a man desperately in need God."
-dl