God Uses "Humble Pie" To Help Me Grow

Sometimes when I'm thinking things are going REALLY well and I get a little "puffed up" about my progress, God has a great way of keeping my feet on the ground. It's call "Humble Pie". And when I eat it...wow...life goes right back into perspective!
It all started this week when I was challenged by our Senior Pastor to create a blog for each of my ministries. Of course, I was thinking at the onset that I would probably fail since it involved using the computer, but I decided to give it a try. Well amazingly enough I found out that it wasn't very hard at all....especially when you get a couple of people who have done this sort of thing before to help you. So I (well...really the two other people did most of the work) created this blog. Other than a few spelling errors, life was looking pretty good on the blog front.
Then it occurred to me that I could easily fly solo and create a second blog for another ministry. So away I went and whoo hoo! It was fast and furious and wow....finished! (in only 3 hours) I'm telling you...I felt GOOD! I was one "hot" computer person. I had finally reached the top! I was proud (oh no) of what I had created! I needed to tell the world!
Out went the emails to the members of that ministry that included the link to this new and fabulous creation. I was imagining the comments that would enter my email box once people received their invitation to join this blog. I waited.....and waited.....and waited....for comments. And none ever came.
I was now very disappointed. So much so, that I voiced my sadness to my coworkers. And they actually felt bad for me....so they went on the blog site and proceeded to leave a comment. That's when I heard back from our receptionist...Fiona. Sweetly she said, "I'm having trouble leaving you a comment on your blog. It says that I can't." Quickly I responded that...she must be hitting a wrong button! (Like I actually knew something of what I was talking about! HA!) But hey, I had created this blog...the problem HAD to be on her end.
Sadly, the problem was at my end. I had forgotten one big thing in creating a blog. You must follow through to the end and make sure all of the settings are correct for the blog to work correctly. Yes, you guessed it. I had not said "yes" to allowing others to comment on my blog. The button was turned off! No wonder I wasn't getting any comments. And then let's not even think about all those poor people who were scared to try to go the blog in the first place because of their beginning computer skills, but tried anyway because of their love for me and their desire to support me! What did I do to their computer self esteem? HUMBLE PIE!
Well, I learned that "fast and furious" doesn't always create "complete & well done". After fixing the problem I now have some comments. Thankfully.
How about you? How do you respond to HUMBLE PIE? Got any stories to share? CLICK ON THE LITTLE "comments" BELOW AND LET ME KNOW.
Blessings to you,
Pastor Naomi

Life Is Great! When I read the Bible

I find that life is great for me when I take the time to God's word. The Bible is refreshing to me every day. It's like a drink of cool water when I'm really thirsty.
I've read the bible from beginning to end about 20 times. I came up with this number by counting the amount of bibles that I have that I have signed my name to and the words "finished on: with a date". I love getting new bibles too. It's fun to fluff them up by reading every page. Sorry to say that I usually also end up breaking the backs of every book that I read because I make of point of running my hand down the joint of each page so it doesn't flop back closed on me. Whatever.
My life tends to get messed up and confused when I don't regularly read the Bible. So anyway, it works for me. How about for you?