Teachable Spirit...

Greetings!

On Friday night, I spoke at my friend's church. It was an excellent service. And I am under the belief that you just don't come out on a Friday night and not come expecting God to do something awesome. Our theme was being a "true servant" for God. The theme was perfect for this season, because typically around this time, we start to get a little tired. It's toward the end of the year, we are getting ready for the holidays, and looking forward to a new year. The problem is...the enemy knows we're tired too (Mostly because we keep speaking it out of our mouths), and he finds every opportunity to make our lives miserable, and we're so tired we leave ourselves open to all kinds of foolishness.

What I realized on Friday was that we are not perfect, and our expectation shouldn't be to try to do everything perfectly but to do everything with a teachable spirit. I was the first speaker, and I don't know why, but I wasn't ready to be first, and because I didn't prepare for that I was so off. I forgot to thank the pastor and his wife...I even forgot to thank the person who had asked me to speak. Of course, I beat myself up for a while, but then I got over it. I decided to chalk it up and use it as a learning experience. That's growth for me. I remember a time I would have been messed up for months.

The thing is that God uses us in whatever way He chooses. When  He wants something to happen, you better believe it is going to happen. Even though I felt that I had messed up all over the place, after I spoke, one of the other speakers said that I really blessed her, because I made her look at herself differently. Our God is so awesome. When we stay close to Him, He will teach us those things we will need to be a blessing to His people.

Until next time...

Be blessed