I came across a certain situation a few days ago, and I was reminded of something that happened to me a year and a half ago. I was in an orchestra, and for a few months, our director divided us up into ensembles. I was put in a trio with the two best players in the entire orchestra. The piece that we were supposed to learn was much too advanced for me at the time, but I decided to try and work through it anyway. At our first rehearsal in front of the director, I was horribly nervous and did awful. He stared at me with a stone-faced, icy coldness that I will never forget and told me that my playing was unacceptable. I was scared to death for every single rehearsal after that. He ruled our rehearsals by fear, not love and encouragement. Granted, sometimes people need a little bit of fear to motivate them, but not like that. I have learned through my different leadership positions in my life and living in a family of 9 that scaring people into submission does nothing but ruin relationships and cause hurt. Why not love them instead, and get two things accomplished at once? :) Does not God take this approach with us? Each time we make a mistake, he doesn't send down lightning and strike it so close to us that we run away in fear. He let's us feel remorse and then encourages us to repent and come back to Him. He loves us, not strikes fear in us. That's my thought for the day. :)
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