If you didn’t see my Instagram post yesterday afternoon check it out below:
Day 10 of 21 days
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I realize this post is a bit snarky. But self-awareness for me has been key to this whole 21 day process.
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Yes I slept in this morning, I woke up at 6 AM instead of 4 AM. But this was a large part due to the fact that I heard my infant crying and coughing throughout the night. Which also meant my wife did not sleep very well last night.
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So I woke up at 6 AM I got my workout in I’ve stuck to my workout routine and haven’t missed a day.
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but, because I had this self-awareness of what was going on outside of myself and that my wife was going to have a very difficult time getting our oldest over to his grandmothers today I chose to sleep in (also because I knew someone amazing was leading worship for prayer too 😉) and wake up to take our son to his grandmothers.
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I don’t share this because I’m tooting my own horn and saying hey look at me I am so amazing I did this great thing for my wife. i’m actually sharing with you personal revelation of a change in how I have thought about these moments with my family. Because these kinds of decisions are very small in comparison to length of my life. But they are significant to the quality of it.
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This is why the scripture from Philippians 2:3 jumps out at me a lot more in the situation when God tells us through Paul to consider others greater than ourselves. As well as doing nothing out of selfish ambition. But everything in humility.
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These types of thinking are high sacrifice of self. And require a lot of us, especially a willingness let go of what we want. A jesus level sacrifice perhaps?
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so my question is what have you sacrificed yourself for someone else, what ambitious desires have you set aside for the betterment of the person standing next to you?
I am reflecting on this snarky post here because while it started with snark it effectively shifted in my heart to personal revelation. Especially about Philippians 2:3.
I don’t know if you can read it and see how it shifted for me but I can. It’s cool to see how God is reshaping my heart and even reframing how I process things.
There were other interactions throughout the day with different people that were both challenging and inspiring. So, God thank you for those experiences I would trade them for anything and what they taught me yesterday about myself, the people around me and more.
A. Geist Production 