http://viaaffirmativa.com/2007/08/06/excellence/ A Gathering on Beauty and the Gospel Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:44:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://viaaffirmativa.com/2007/08/06/excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-600 upturnedglance Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:08:52 +0000 http://viaaffirmativa.com/2007/08/01/excellence/#comment-600 My efforts are not excellent in and of themselves. I push myself to every limit to express as perfectly as I can, but if there is any enlightenment or beauty, it is found in the space where God condescends to meet me. My efforts are not excellent in and of themselves. I push myself to every limit to express as perfectly as I can, but if there is any enlightenment or beauty, it is found in the space where God condescends to meet me.

]]> http://viaaffirmativa.com/2007/08/06/excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Darin M. White Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:45:06 +0000 http://viaaffirmativa.com/2007/08/01/excellence/#comment-356 gary, i LOVE that you are talking about excellence. this is a favorite topic of mine. i do want to mention that sometimes i focus so much on excellence that i forget why i am working on something, or what is really important. i need to make sure that i don't forsake people and what they are trying to say while i am viewing thier workmanship. we need to have excellence of heart, and this spills into ALL aspects of our life. i am excited to hear more on this subject. thanks for all your hard work. darin & shannon http://balmorg.wordpress.com gary, i LOVE that you are talking about excellence. this is a favorite topic of mine. i do want to mention that sometimes i focus so much on excellence that i forget why i am working on something, or what is really important. i need to make sure that i don’t forsake people and what they are trying to say while i am viewing thier workmanship. we need to have excellence of heart, and this spills into ALL aspects of our life. i am excited to hear more on this subject. thanks for all your hard work. darin & shannon http://balmorg.wordpress.com

]]> http://viaaffirmativa.com/2007/08/06/excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Michael Wisniewski Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:19:21 +0000 http://viaaffirmativa.com/2007/08/01/excellence/#comment-339 I think it leads us back to the heart. It leads us back to the reason we do things. There's nothing wrong with opinions or judgements, it's always good to get that type of feedback. But when things are ordered in your heart, when He comes first, the opinions and judgements of the world, will never be as important as what God's saying to your heart, that's where excellence is. I think it leads us back to the heart. It leads us back to the reason we do things. There’s nothing wrong with opinions or judgements, it’s always good to get that type of feedback. But when things are ordered in your heart, when He comes first, the opinions and judgements of the world, will never be as important as what God’s saying to your heart, that’s where excellence is.

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