Embarrassed

Nobody likes to be embarrassed.

You are put on the spot and people are laughing.

It happens to everyone.

When I was playing little league, my cousin Tom came to see me play. I love my cousin Tom, he was always a cool guys and even though I don't see him much I cherish the time I do.

Tom lived in Madison, Wisconsin but was in town over the summer.

I had a baseball game and Tom was coming to it.

I wanted to play great for Tom.

I was the starting shortstop and was looking forward to a great game.

Defensively I was playing great, but offensively I played awful.

I struckout a couple of times, flied out and grounded out, I was disappointed.

I finished the day 0 for 4.

While I played great defensively including making the final out, I wanted to look like an All-Star.

I was disappointed to see Tom after the game after going 0 for 4.

He came up and said great game and said how great I looked.

I felt awful because I was capable of doing so much better.

I almost didn't want to see my cousin because of how good I wanted to do and failed (In my mind).

While I went back to hanging out with Tom and got over it pretty quickly, I was embarrassed.

When we are embarrassed, disappointed, made fun of, it's not the original time that is the problem, it's how we are afterwards.

Are we going to let those original moments of embarrassment overcome us?

A high ranking official once sent people to Jesus to get his servant who was very sick healed.

Jesus was coming over to the man's house when the man stopped him and told him this in Luke 7:6-7…

"…Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed."

The man was so humbled he didn't even want Jesus in his house and knew his healing power could heal his servant.

This man, a centurion, told how he had authority, how he had people underneath him and whatever he asked they did it.

After hearing all of this Jesus told the man this in verse 9…

"I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel."

Jesus healed this man's servant.

A man of authority had to humble himself before Jesus.

He was a leader and this could have had effect on the people underneath him to see him go to other people helpless.

In order for his servant to get better, he realized it was out of his hands.

He had to stop worrying about pleasing other people in order to have his servant better.

There comes a time when we can't please everyone and we have to do what we think is right.

We were not made perfect.

We all make mistakes and have people to look at us and laugh or remember those moments.

We don't have to be a slave to those moments.

Are you going to let one moment in the past ruin who you are today or are you going to move on from it?

We all have moments that just humble us.

Are we going to accept it or try to move on?

What do you think?

Have a great day.