Comments on: Motives Do Matter

By: karin

karin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:22:59 +0000

I’ve been through the same struggles Jim. I didn’t blog in those days, I wrote poetry – which I now put on my blog lol. Just the other day I secretly slipped a colleague something he should have remembered to report to the meeting. He received a huge round of applause for this report. And there I sat, struggling with my pride. He must have noticed for he returned the report to me with a note thanking me for having given it to him. I’m so glad I was of help, and that should have been reward in itself. Why did I want to be acknowledged in front of the rest of the team for having remembered to bring it? I needed to humble myself and I did, but it’s a struggle isn’t it. Thanks so much for your transparency – God bless you!

By: Jim Martin

Jim Martin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:22:38 +0000

Darryl,Very good. Many will relate. I appreciate your honesty about the challenge of loving others.

By: darrylrlewis

darrylrlewis — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:47:24 +0000

On a Sunday afternoon several years ago, a man I was having trouble loving "as myself" preached during our nursing home service. I stood in the back and was full of anger and bitterness – "He has no right to be up there!" God said to me, "My son, everything I have is yours." I melted and have been trying ever since to repent.