Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
High Muckamuck Theme of the Week: Leadership Ingredients Tuesday, September 10, 2002
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September/October 200255High MuckamuckTheme of the Week: Leadership Ingredients High Muckamuck Theme of the Week: Leadership Ingredients Tuesday, September 10
Key Bible Verse: Don't try to act important, but enjoy the company of ordinary people (Romans 12:16). Bonus Reading:Hebrews 4:14-16
In Africa we lived in Rey Bouba's territory. He rarely left his palace. Most of his subjects had never seen their six-foot-six chief. It was difficult to get past his guards for an audience. Those who did, must approach with bowed heads and eyes to the ground.
Once Chief Bouba was sick and feared for his life. He sent and asked for me to give him a penicillin shot. Arriving, I had to cross a courtyard covered with white gravel, so that the bright sunlight blinded me. In the semidarkness of his throne room, he was entirely encased in white cloths. All I could see was the slit for his eyes.
But I can still see him whimpering as, with great delight, I punctured the soap bubble of his unapproachableness. To be untouchable is a defensive weapon of the chief that enables him to escape in honor when he feels inadequate.
A man set free doesn't need to hide behind a mask of inaccessibility. God securely holds his future. This gives him a contagious serenity. He encourages wholesome fun so his family members and coworkers don't take themselves too seriously. And if he hears a joke about himself that hits home, he laughs as heartily as anyone.
—Walter Trobisch in All a Man Can Be
My Response: A mask I tend to hide behind is. …
Thought to Apply: A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities. —Jules Ormont (motivational speaker)
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