Romans 15:13 Dear Lord, Thank you that you are the God of hope. Thank you that I can trust in you and hope for something better because you are in control of everything around me. Help me to be filled with your joy as I focus on you to sustain me in the midst of trials. Let your power flow into me to make me strong in my faith and in my hope in you. Amen ローマ15:13 親愛なる主よ、 あなたが希望の神であることを感謝します。あなたは私の周りのすべてを支配しておられるので、私はあなたを信頼し、より良いものを望むことができることを感謝します。試練の中にある私を支えてくださるあなたに集中し、あなたの喜びで満たされるように助けてください。あなたの力が私の中に流れ込み、私の信仰とあなたへの希望を強くしてください。 アーメン
Captain's Log, Stardate 03.09.2006
My Sensitivity Meter: I took an email the wrong way today. It was because I've gotten tons of complaints from people about the Genesis, and so I automatically assume that emails are either lavish thanks, or whirling confusion, or angst-ridden annoyance. It's usually the third one.
This email was annoyance, and what's more, it was a little unjustified, but it had a very valid point. But all I saw was the email-sender's annoyance at YET ANOTHER detail of the contest that I hadn't thought of beforehand.
Meredith said it was God stretching me (which is true but didn't make me feel better). Ronie unearthed proof that the email was a little unjustified (which prevented me from feeling depressed about yet another mistake I've made for this contest).
My husband pointed out that often life is not a matter of being right, it's being loving.
So where does this leave me? With the unhappy realization that my Sensitivity Meter is a little whacked. And my role as coordinator doesn't really put me in a position to solve it anytime soon. I'm SO grateful for my category coordinators (hi girls!) who have taken some of the email deluge upon themselves so that I can remain in blissful ignorance of all the wonderful stuff I've been missing.
My Sensitivity Meter: I took an email the wrong way today. It was because I've gotten tons of complaints from people about the Genesis, and so I automatically assume that emails are either lavish thanks, or whirling confusion, or angst-ridden annoyance. It's usually the third one.
This email was annoyance, and what's more, it was a little unjustified, but it had a very valid point. But all I saw was the email-sender's annoyance at YET ANOTHER detail of the contest that I hadn't thought of beforehand.
Meredith said it was God stretching me (which is true but didn't make me feel better). Ronie unearthed proof that the email was a little unjustified (which prevented me from feeling depressed about yet another mistake I've made for this contest).
My husband pointed out that often life is not a matter of being right, it's being loving.
So where does this leave me? With the unhappy realization that my Sensitivity Meter is a little whacked. And my role as coordinator doesn't really put me in a position to solve it anytime soon. I'm SO grateful for my category coordinators (hi girls!) who have taken some of the email deluge upon themselves so that I can remain in blissful ignorance of all the wonderful stuff I've been missing.