Humility
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August 14, 2007
John Ortberg writes, "Not long ago, there was a CEO of a Fortune 500 company
who pulled into a service station to get gas. He went inside to pay, and when
he came out he noticed his wife engaged in a deep discussion with the service
station attendant. It turned out that she knew him. In fact, back in high school
before she met her eventual husband, she used to date this man.
"The CEO got in the car, and the two drove in silence. He was feeling pretty good about himself when he finally spoke: "I bet I know what you were thinking. I bet you were thinking you're glad you married me, a Fortune 500 CEO, and not him, a service station attendant."
"No, I was
thinking if I'd married him, he'd be a Fortune 500 CEO and you'd be a service
station attendant."
- from Love Beyond Reason, Zondervan, 1998