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
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Humble Pie never goes down well. I do not like to make mistakes and really hate being caught at them...but you know what? we all do! and as I am a "work in progress" I realize I just need to say sorry and get over it. When I was new at my last job, I had made a mistake and rather than cover it or divert it, I admitted to it. I was surprised to hear from a coworker that it was a nice surprise to have someone face up to their error and not try and put it off on someone else. It paid to eat a little humble pie and it opened things up for me as a new employee, to show that I was someone to be trusted...
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