A Lesson in Humility
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I learned a lesson about humility early in my ministry as a church organist. I had been
asked not to play the state trumpet at this one church because the senior pastor did not
like it used. It was the loudest stop in the organ. Like any college student who thought,
"I'll show you who's the boss," I used that state trumpet the first Sunday of my playing
there as a fill-in for the month of August. Dr. Carter was quite upset with me following
worship. I laughed at him and said, "You're the pastor and I'm the organist. You do your
job and I'll do mine." I was lucky he didn't fire me on the spot. He saw something in me
that needed to be humbled.
He placed this on the sign board out front of the church: Sermon: "Have You Ever Been In Hell?" and in smaller letters below, it said, "Come In and Hear Our Guest Organist." I didn't use the state trumpet during my interim position again.
He placed this on the sign board out front of the church: Sermon: "Have You Ever Been In Hell?" and in smaller letters below, it said, "Come In and Hear Our Guest Organist." I didn't use the state trumpet during my interim position again.
