October 27, 2005

• So I did a devotional at choir about the passage in John where John the Baptist says a rather famous quote about Jesus, "He must become greater, I must become less."
  It's a great passage of scripture. I took a humilty and authenticity angle on it. John knew his place in God's plan, and He knew Jesus' place, too. It's a good lesson in putting Christ first, and doing it in a way that is not false--I don't like false humility.

  Then I ran across another scripture in John that I thought was cool...it's from a time when people are questioning Jesus about where His teaching is from--John 7:18

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  He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.
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  This speaks a great deal about your heart and motives. I love it...

  OK- so I had this whole huge thing typed out yesterday about all of this, and obviously, it was lost. I accidentally hit QUIT on the web browser instead of close window...anyway, this is the best I could do in recreating it with about a third of the info...sorry.

  We did have a HUGE orchestra last night. Probably 40 people, all rehearsing the Christmas tunes to perform with the MPC...yeah, it was cool. It didn't sound great, and there were lots of mistakes and all, but it was really cool to do that. The WW section rocked, and so did the trumpets and tenor saxes...good job. Everyone else will come along in no time. It was an honor to direct. I'm looking forward to the time we'll have together over the next month...yay for orchestra!

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