A thought by Andy Stanley, (2009-01-21) from his book, Louder Than Words: The Power of Uncompromised Living (Kindle Locations 511-512). The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) I know from a Christ follower perspective anything with self in it is a problem. But Andy says, “The way we view ourselves determines how we will interact with God, family, friends, loved ones, and even those we consider to be our enemies.” So this is an important relationship in our life. I was just walking back from my time of read and I walked past a group of middle schoolers who were in summer school. And as I was walking by a young guy was practicing hitting a ball into a floor hockey goal and he missed it by a mile. Now I didn’t look up so he would notice he had missed it because I know how embarrassed he would have been. I’m sure he was telling himself that he couldn’t do it maybe because he was a loser and I fe
Continuing a thought from a book I am reading...