Anne, daughter of famous Rev. Billy G, is shooting a bible study video at the Glen this week, and I'm the point guy for her and her entourage. My job has given me some amazing opportunities to connect with really incredible people. To say that I feel like I kind of know Mark Buchanan, Kenny Luck, Margaret Becker, Ross Parsley (I'm getting to be friends with Jared Anderson as well--I love "Amazed" and other songs he's written)...and I'll be spending some good time with Henry and Richard Blackaby in a few weeks...and Louie Giglio is going to be at the Glen in April as well... all this has been pretty cool, to say the least.
But then I think about the guys at the Nashville Rescue Mission that I got to be friends with when we lived there...names and faces that not many people knew about, or really cared about. But each of them had a story, a heart, a soul, a value that is enormous.
Fame is fleeting. Humility is hugely important. I've been glad to see that, from my limited perspective, most of the "famous" people I have met are pursueing humility. But the more you're known and sought out, the more dangerous it can get.
May God help us all to seek Him, to be grateful for whatever platforms He allows us to have, but to jump donw off of them regularly and quickly...or at least fall to our knees while we are on them.
that's pretty cool, i heard her speak in jan07. cool folk. excellent on the baby news! sam davidson and i were asking each other what yall were up too a few weeks back. glad to know family is well. the glen is a really cool looking spot
Posted by: gavin | March 12, 2008 at 03:45 PM