Who's in Charge?

God has not gone on vacation and left you in charge.

The Price of Significance

“Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a guarantee of prestige or adulation, but there is a freedom in humility. It doesn’t matter anymore what anyone else thinks or what others say. It only matters if you live and die fulfilling the mission you were born for.” (p.62-63)

--From Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul by Erwin Raphael McManus

Proud, Arrogant . . . Llamas??

In South America the llama serves as the cultural metaphor for pride. To keep a heard of llamas corralled, you don’t even need a fence. All you need is one rope circling around the herd to keep them enclosed. Just by placing it at a height beneath the head and base of the neck, the llamas are secured in this makeshift pen. Rather than stooping beneath the rope, the llamas stand tall, but remain captive. They either refuse or are physically incapable of bending their necks, and thus are seen as a symbol of arrogance. (p.61)

--From Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul by Erwin Raphael McManus