it's all about me?

In this Sunday's text, John the Baptizer clearly points away from himself to the one who is coming, and our Spiritual Lunch bunch wrestling with the text wondered what our lives point to.....hmmm. Often we revel in the attention we get, or resent all the attention we have to give to other people. Is it all about me, I wonder? It reminded me of a story about an ancient spiritual leader who was close to death and was asked what he wanted to be remembered for. "I've spent my life sitting by the river, handing out water," he said. " I want people to notice the water." As we walk intentionally through Advent, may our lives, our attitudes, our words point beyond ourselves, to the one who comes.