Title of Importance

Earlier this week, I received a promotion - AVP. Wow - sounds important....it's not really though - just a title to put behind my name. I am thankful that I received recognition for a job well done - but it is really just some letters. Nothing different, no new responsibilities (yet), just a title.

It made me think back to a recent bible study about viewing value in people. Titles make us think that people are more valuable. I am no more valuable than I was the day before -but it seems to make people look at you in a whole new light. The lesson taught us that God sees value in everyone; and because He thinks that everyone is valuable - each of us should think each other is valuable solely because of the value that He places on each of us. I guess it is kind of like God placing an important title behind everyone's name. A respectable title. MVP, CEO, MD, DO, Rev., CFO......AVP. Do you change how you think of someone when you know they have a title following their name? If so, what would happen if you treated everyone like they come with an important title? Because that's what God thinks of each of us.....

Morning Radio Thoughts

I was listening to the radio this morning; and a woman caller was on the air....I had just joined in, so I don't know what the topic was - but she had an interesting phrase that she used to get her point across. She said, "When you stop worrying what people around you think you will realize that they are rarely thinking about you." When I heard this, I thought it was so true. So many of us spend a large amount of our lives (me included) worrying about what others think about our actions, appearance, gracefulness (or lack thereof), thoughts, etc. - and....for what? When I really started to think about it - I don't think about other people that much - so why would they analyze me? It seems a little selfish to think that they would spend time thinking about you when they also lead busy lives.

I would like to say that I don't care what others think about me - but that is far from the truth. That phrase just helped me to realize that it doesn't matter - because people aren't really paying attention anyway. I hope that I can spend less time "worrying" about what others might think and doing what I think is best....and then not apologizing if it isn't exactly what others think is "right". Because, in the end, it doesn't really matter.