Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "Whoever wants to be first must
be last of all and servant of all."
Someone once said, "If you want to realize your own importance, put your finger into a bowl of
water, take it out, and look at the hole."
(Mark 9.35
NRSV)
I once read in a newspaper article that in 1970 two researchers for the Kinsey Institute began a
rather extensive survey of the sexual attitudes of 3,000 adults. By 1980 the work was compiled
and almost ready for publication. One small detail remained. Albert D. Klassen and Colin
Williams, the authors of the survey, still needed to agree on whose name would appear first on
the publication. Guess what? A decade later, the research was still waiting for publication. Other
researchers interested in the results of the study had to intervene to help resolve the squabble.
Apparently some of the academic community felt that 10 years was long enough for the two men
to decide whose name should come first on the title page!
God of humility, remind me that true greatness is only found in you. Help me to get out of your
way. Amen.
