Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
**Daily Devotional**
On a trip through Chicago, I saw a poster advertising a business management seminar. The poster?s message was intriguing: The Value of a Leader Is Directly Proportional to That Leader?s Values. The accuracy of that statement struck me. What we value shapes our character?and will ultimately define how we lead, or whether we can lead at all. This does not apply only to leaders, however.
For the follower of Christ, values are even more significant. When Paul wrote to the believers at Colosse, he said, ?Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth? (Col. 3:2). His point is that only as we allow our values to be motivated and shaped by the eternal (not the temporal) will we be effective ambassadors of Christ in the world. It is in the understanding that we are pilgrims in this world, not tourists, that we can keep a clear perspective and an undistracted heart?and can more effectively serve the Savior.
It has been said that we live in a world that knows the cost of everything but the value of nothing. In this world of the ?here and now,? however, followers of Christ are called to build our values around what lasts forever. To say it another way: The Effectiveness of a Believer Is Directly Proportional to That Believer?s Values. ? Bill Crowder
O Lord, You see what?s in the heart?
There?s nothing hid from You,
So help us live the kind of life
That?s honest, good, and true. ?D. De Haan
Hold tightly to what is eternal, but loosely to what is temporal.