"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable -- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -- think about such things." (Philippians 4:8 NIV)
Malcolm Muggeridge titled his short biography of Mother Teresa “Something Beautiful for God.” My idealistic soul says that each of us should do our work with that motto in mind -- particularly when what we do is done for Christ and the church. The song we sing, the report we give, the class we teach must be excellent -- as truly excellent as we can make it -- because it is done for God. It was such a passion for quality that made J. S. Bach identify each composition -- including those that were written on secular themes -- as "for the Glory of God alone." Bach's vision of success was one of excellence, and his standard for excellence was that his work should be acceptable to the praise of God.
-- J. Ellsworth Kalas in “If Experience Is Such a Good Teacher Why Do I Keep Repeating the Course?”
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