{"id":3584,"date":"2015-11-05T12:49:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2015-11-06T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T12:50:18","slug":"who-is-an-excellent-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/who-is-an-excellent-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is an Excellent Assistant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maybe you\u2019re thinking that it\u2019s the assistant that does everything right, that is perfect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In reality, the Excellent Assistant is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one that has a spirit surrendered to God<\/em><\/span>, that is totally in His dependence and above all, she is ready to let go of personal ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking on this spirit of excellence, I researched more deeply and I came across the following meaning that gives a more scrutinized look at what it truly means:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spirit of Excellence<\/strong>:<br \/>\nDefinition of excellent spirit in Lux (a Brazilian dictionary)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Any person who is trusted in their responsibilities, follows the truth, justice, and acts with diligence and courage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is that Assistant that is true to her responsibilities, that isn\u2019t distracted, or with her \u201chead in the clouds\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>She is true and just with the Work of God; she does not condone lying or any other type of deceit;<\/li>\n<li>She is zealous and is always willing to serve. She is ready! She has no physical laziness and even less spiritually;<\/li>\n<li>She is brave and not carried away by needless insecurity or shyness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong>. Of good character, that is always looking to perfect their way of living:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is and assistant with the character of God and her behavior is exemplary wherever she goes, in the church, as well as \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Problem sovler, wise, and prudent in what they are and in what they do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is an assistant that brings solutions and not problems, in the way of murmuring or complaining.<\/li>\n<li>She thinks before she acts; she is attentive to herself and in the service\/offering she presents to God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> One who walks with God, that honors Him and follows His teachings and His virtues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is an Assistant that prioritizes God above all else, and puts in practice everything that she has received from God and His servants;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5<\/strong>. A competent person:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An assistant that has a capable faith, with quality and intelligence. Which comes from taking an initiative!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this description, I ask you: <em><strong>Have you been looking, or even thought about this spirit of excellence?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe you\u2019re thinking that it\u2019s the assistant that does everything right, that is perfect&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-work-of-god"],"better_featured_image":{"id":3585,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1900,"height":748,"file":"2015\/11\/ob_exelente.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"ob_exelente-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/11\/ob_exelente-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"ob_exelente-300x118.jpg","width":300,"height":118,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/11\/ob_exelente-300x118.jpg"},"large":{"file":"ob_exelente-1024x403.jpg","width":1024,"height":403,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/11\/ob_exelente-1024x403.jpg"},"mini-thumbnail":{"file":"ob_exelente-110x110.jpg","width":110,"height":110,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/11\/ob_exelente-110x110.jpg"},"big-medium":{"file":"ob_exelente-320x220.jpg","width":320,"height":220,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/11\/ob_exelente-320x220.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"ob_exelente-825x325.jpg","width":825,"height":325,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/11\/ob_exelente-825x325.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":0,"credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":0,"copyright":"yurolaitsalbert - Fotolia","focal_length":0,"iso":0,"shutter_speed":0,"title":"","orientation":0}},"post":3584,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/11\/ob_exelente.jpg"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who is an Excellent Assistant? 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