I sometimes disappoint myself. I guess we all do sometimes, but I don’t know what it’s like to be inside your secret thoughts. I can’t see the dark lust you might have hidden in your heart.
But I know the dark longings that come from my ego — and I often have to remind myself who I am. And what my values are.
I crave attention. I lust for success. I want money and adulation from others. Despite the insecure parts of me which question my value, my ego secretly whispers that I deserve all these things. Deep down, I believe I’m great.
In such moments of weakness, I have to remind myself what matters.
Let me tell you about an artist who I admire greatly. There’s an excellent chance you’ve never heard of Steve Taylor. He was a brilliant rock musician in the 1980s and early ’90s whose music was aimed at the Christian market. He rocked hard. His lyrics were razor-sharp and witty. He mocked sacred cows inside the church and in modern culture, too.
Only a small group of weirdos in the church understood what he was doing. Most people were scandalized by him or simply didn’t understand what it was all about. I loved his work.
Reality check: A stupid racial prank isn’t ‘the worst thing anybody can do’
Emotions such as fear, anger cause distraction, make focus difficult
Irony abounds when reader proves my point by trying to refute it
Change possible only when pain of current reality feels bad enough
Of all the world’s contradictions, our own actions confuse us most
Next, this city is going to be selling lemonade and holding bake sales
‘What are we Christians to do?’ Jesus has already answered that
Here’s proof (if you need more) that people want something for nothing
Kind words can make difference for stressed parents at Christmas