The Best Minute: On healthy tension, how to lose, and confronting evil
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Brad Lomenick on healthy tension in teams:
“Tension among and within a team is healthy. Unity doesn’t mean there’s no tension. Unity means you are pursuing the same mission in the midst of real and purposeful tension.”
II. Former Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph on how to lose:
“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.”
2 IDEAS FROM ME
I. We should avoid using terms like “mentally unwell” as an excuse every time someone makes bad or even evil decisions. When we abdicate personal responsibility from every bad decision people make, we act like nothing can be done to correct it or at least encourage a better way.
II. Those who follow Jesus have nothing to prove and no one to impress. We have nothing to prove because Jesus performed perfectly on our behalf, and we have no one to impress because God looks at us in the same way he looks at Christ. If God himself accepts us, we don’t need to strive to be impressive to everyone else.
1 INTERESTING FACT
The human stomach can dissolve razor blades.
On the rare occasion that you swallow a razor blade, don’t fret. The human body is more capable than you think. Acids are ranked on a scale from 0 to 14—the lower the pH level, the stronger the acid. Human stomach acid is typically 1.0 to 2.0, meaning that it has an impeccably strong pH. In a study, scientists found that the “thickened back of a single-edged blade” dissolved after two hours of immersion in stomach acid.
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Why haven’t you exercised more lately?
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