little-bitty ' i '

at crusade, all the words on the overhead during worship are in lowercase, even the letter "i." it's an interesting use of grammar and language (leave it to the english major to find something like this 'interesting'). of course the only words still capitalized are words describing the Lord. however, i believe it keeps the focus less on ones self and more on God. i rather like that idea, actually (though it makes typing a bit harder). on a side note, i am finding more and more that i have been putting myself in the place of God's. for instance, my thoughts lately have been along the lines of, "I can do it alone," or "I don't need god's help right now," or "I will show these people jesus." in a relationship with God, there should be no other capitalized words other than His perfect and powerful name. (psalm says that there is salvation in the name of the Lord). but in a perfect relationship with God, there should only be God alone, not "i" or "me" at all. i've been reading "the screwtape letters" by c.s. lewis. good book... a very rare point of view and deffinately one to keep in mind. but screwtape talks about getting humans so focused on an item that 'represents' God or a symbol or thought that they forget who they are praying to or worshiping, or whatever the case may be. but his point is that by getting humans to focus on something human made they in turn begin to focus on themselves and not at all on God and who He is. my advice is to getting strongly rooted in the Word of God. on a random side note, when i was in third of fourth grade we sang this song in children's choir at church and it went a little something like this: "there's a little-bitty 'i' in the middle of 'sin' and the 'i' in the middle is me." basically, i write all of this to you that you might look within yourself to see where your focus lies...and if you have to look far i'm betting it's not where it should be... which, unfortuantely is the "norm".