  Ok, so, I was doing a really long post about today, and it got lost. Summary: Tonight's service of thanksgiving for my mom's book publishing went well.
People were touched, and credit was given to whom it was due. "Compliments" I am not good at receiving compliments. It has to do with the deep roots of sinful tendencies that God has been revealing to me. These roots go back to early childhood; they have grown from this sinful pattern of self-perception.
It's going to take some very careful, Gospel-centered introspection for me to uproot these issues and replace them with a God-centered way of viewing the world and living in it. Ok. This short post doesn't do what I was writing justice, so I'll try to elaborate more on this subject in a later post. 
