Something to be Proud of.

Snippet

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.”— W.E.B. Du Bois

Scripture

If you think you are better than others, when you really aren’t, you are wrong.  Do your own work well, and then you will have something to be proud of. But don’t compare yourself with others. We each must carry our own load. Galatians 6:3-5 CEV

Song

That’s Something to be proud of  

Montgomery Gentry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXg8E0kzF1c

          

There's a story that my daddy tells religiously,

Like clockwork every time he see's an opening,

In a conversation, 'bout the way things use to be.

I just roll my eyes and make a B-line for the door,

I'd always end up starry eyed and cross legged on the floor,

Hanging onto every word; man, the things I heard

It was harder times and longer days,

Five miles to school uphill both ways,

We were cane switched raised and dirt floor poor,

Course that was back before the war,

Yea your uncle and I made quit a pair,

Flying F-15's through hostile air,

He went down but they missed me by a hair,

He'd always stop right there and say,

That's something to be proud of,

That's a life you can hang your hat on,

as your chins held high as the tears fall down,

gut sucked in, chest stuck out,

Like a small town flag a flying,

Or a new born baby crying,

In the arms of the woman that you love,

That's something to be proud of,

Sentence Prayer

Lord, forgive me that when life’s circumstances lift me to the crest of the wave, I tend to forget you. Yet, like an errant child, I have blamed you with my every failure, even as I credit myself with every success.

When my fears evaporate like the morning mist, then vainly I imagine that I am sufficient unto myself, that material sources and human resources are enough.

I need you when the sun shines, lest I forget the storm and the dark. I need you when I am popular, when my friends and those who work beside me approve and compliment me. I need you more then, lest my head begin to swell.

O God, forgive me for my stupidity, my blindness in success, my lack of trust in you. Be now my savior in success. Save me from conceit. Save me from pettiness. Save me from myself! And take this success, I pray, and use it for your glory. In your strength, I pray. Amen. -Peter Marshall