by Eddie Pipkin
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
My wife and I have a household trophy that we use to celebrate small but meaningful moments that might otherwise pass without mention. It’s a cheap plastic 8-inch golden column with a shiny star on top. It’s gaudy; it’s silly; it’s a tool we use to appreciate one another when effort has been expended that might go overlooked. Usually the awarding of the trophy is a self-nominated process (as in , “Look, I cooked AND washed the dishes.” “Oh, you definitely get the trophy tonight.”) In marriage and in ministry, it is sometimes beneficial to toot one’s own horn.
Humility being a celebrated value