Daily Devotionals by Ardith Keef

     Here is the test of really being in touch with the Lord:
     How well do you receive correction?  If someone tells you you have done 
something that should have been done differently, are you defensive?  Do you
need to state a reason why you don't agree?
      More significantly, do you need to explain why you did it that way, and in
particular, that the other party gave you instructions to do exactly as you did?
      Do you get huffy?  
      If so, you are not ready for Service.
      Soldier of the Cross, until you are dead, learn to receive correction.
      Soon I will be sixty.  My life is about being corrected.  As a musician, the
conductor (and other musicians) are constantly looking for ways to improve 
and find a deeper interpretation.  No one person can know everything, so each 
musician must submit to this.
      As a lawyer, I stand before a judge who has the last word, and with whom 
there is no argument.
      On top of that, the Lord has assigned me to a wonderful and more experienced
attorney who is a fierce and beautiful taskmaster.  She is uncompromising, and 
for me that means no excuses.
      My husband is a pastor.
      God is looking for those who will submit.  Those who will stretch.  Those
who turn away from self- justification.
      Once and for all, look up and move on!