Slap in the Face...

That's what I felt like I got at least in class today. I am taking a class on Ezekiel right now with a teacher that flew in from Wheaton College in Illinois. It is very interesting and tough! A little background first...I am a "words of affirmation" person...I think it's one of my love langauges! :) Sometimes though, I don't like having it because I have to be careful not to depend on people's words, comments, compliments, etc. to feel good about myself. I have to remember that God tells me who I am and that I am always precious and delighted by Him. I am really ashamed to admit though that sometimes I am so selfish that I sit and think, "Oh I need some kind of compliment or else I won't have that great of a day...Maybe I need to look in the Bible!" But my teacher made a really good point in class today and I kind of wanted to hang my head in shame for a bit and it was a reminder of the selfish people that we are. He said that we often look to the Bible to make ourselves feel better and wonderful and what we can get out of it WHEN really we should look to it to see how wonderful God is and to help YOU! Because there must be something wonderful about God in order for Him to love me! We are so caught up though in exalting ourselves that we forget about exalting others and God. It's not about "I."