" Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was[a] no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs."(Amos 7:14)
From time to time we hear of someone in the news doing something "heroic." They will of course deny that they are a hero, they were just happy to be able to help.
Most of us will from time to time fall into a roll that we do not believe suits us. We don't see ourselves in that way and do not wish the title. Yet in that moment it may be that was exactly what we are.
Amos didn't see himself as a prophet, yet that was exactly what he was doing. He might have rather been seen as just a dresser of sycamore trees. We might say I'm just an average guy or gal on the street.
But we shouldn't be afraid to accept the credit when we've done something extraordinary that isn't our usual day to day way of being.
Blessings,
Ed
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