HUMBLING THOUGHTS Why am I on this self-evaluation mode this morning? I don’t know but it is humbling. So if I write it maybe someone will tell me how great I am while I am in this enlightened stage in which I know I know very little.
It started somehow by the scripture about remembering God’s deeds (Ps 77:11-12) which has absolutely no connection to where I’ve ended up!
Somehow I thought I would put myself on about an upper 80’s scale in intelligence, but intelligence is one thing; knowledge is something else entirely. Woe is me if I were grading myself on knowledge. I considered maybe a 2 out of 100. Then I knew that was way too high if it came to all knowledge in all venues of science and arts!
So I tried to limit it to knowledge of all things relating too our culture in the good ole USA. Medical, mechanical, chemical, biology, technology, agriculture? ..… Still way too high. I don’t know much of that!
So I’m limiting it again. Can I claim 20% in the education, childhood area? Getting closer. Whee! Even there I’m losing out.
My conclusion. I’ve found one way to get back to 80% where I started. I just limit my boundaries smaller and smaller to demand less of myself. So I claim 80% proficiency in teaching reading to first graders who come from Okie land. See Jane. See Jane run. See Spot. See Spot run.
I’m sure glad God willed for me to be a reading teacher. ‘Fraid I don’t know anything else!
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This is a bit I wrote a few years ago. Edited and decided to use it for a blog. Just me having fun with myself as the victim. But it is mighty near the truth. I can almost hear God laughing at me. Sort of like he did Job (Job 38) when he said “Okay, Bigshot, answer me this.” All right, that’s not really what he said, but he sure did make Job think he (Job) didn’t know much. 😀
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I love this! Made me laugh out loud. : )
Out loud? If you are like me, that is good. I know something is really fun if I laugh out loud. Thanks, Patty.
You are great! Thanks for the morning insight.
Love this: “I think there are some Bigheads in the sports and entertainment world who need to evaluate their areas of expertise.”
Blessings, grace and peace.
Hey, there it is in writing “You are great!” Not that I asked for it. 😀
I agree about those sports figureheads, Oneta. Let’s not get started on the examples some of them set for our young people.
I wish they had no more effect on our culture than just being a postscript. Generally, however, they are the HEADLINES.
Agree. Modern societies values seem a bit tweaked. It feels very near to end-times to me.
The Bible indicates that God does not like “to be mocked.” Our country and other Western countries gets better and better at mocking him. I see nothing short of tragedy to change us. We have a chance now at changing the judicial system, so He is still merciful. Of course, he is also just.
We all fall short, but God takes us really get back to 100%
Right back to 100%
Think he ever gets that much out of us even with his help. Maybe if his expectations are not too great. Some of Jesus’ disciples even disappointed him at times. In the end, however, they mostly gave all they had, didn’t they? At least as far as history tells us.
Thank you Oneta. I laughed but, I admit, with complete understanding. Writing, remembering are all the results of His Ability but this can cause us to both ‘stumble’ and ‘be incredibly Blessed’ . Not big heads but absolute gratitude of heart that we journey on and He still Inspires! Blessings!,
No one/nothing can make us any closer to 100 % than he can.
“P.S. I think there are some Bigheads in the sports and entertainment world who need to evaluate their areas of expertise.” LOL That’s an understatement!
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Totally agree with your PS … anyone can throw a pity party 😉
If my pond is small enough, I can be a lead duck! But I know I’d better not wander off into another duck’s duckdom. 😀
lol 🙂
I know not what I do not know and that is plenty. So I have learnt to keep my mouth shut. At this age I do not want to end up with a broken hip trying to put my foot in my mouth.
Haha. That’s a mouthful of words with no room left for the foot.