Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
Singapore
April 10, 1995
Good Morning!
WHAT'S YOUR CLAIM TO FAME? WHAT IS
YOUR TRADEMARK?
An exclusive address and club membership?
The degrees after your name? And the institutions of learning
attended?
A reputation as a tough, street-wise winner in a competitive
field?
Being in high demand on the speaking circuit?
Like the guy said, "Lord, it's tough to be humble when
you are so good!" Or, "If you got it,
flaunt it!"
- With subtle undertones of course. It's not "urbane"
to be garish.
Let's admit it...It's kinda of nice to be:
- Stroked
- Admired
- Put in a special category
- Thought of as one who is just a cut above the rest
Except it is not God's way for us. Paul writes:
"...God forbid that I should boast about anything or anybody
except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ...The world is a dead
thing to me and I am a dead man to the world." (Galatians
6:14 - Phillips Translation)
"...I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus
Christ, and Him crucified." ( I Corinthians 2:2)
As "strangers and pilgrims"+ on this earth,
our only "CLAIM TO FAME" can be that we belong
to Jesus Christ.
Anything more is evidence of a life insidiously infected
with pride.
Have a great week!
Dwight Hill
+I Peter 2:11
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Beginning next week, the Fax will be sent out on Wednesdays.
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