Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." If you ask the average person if he or she is a prideful person they will say no. This is one area of life where we need to take an honest look at ourselves. There is a thin line between "good" pride and "false" pride. I had to face myself on this issue when I started chemo treatments in May. I have to admit that my main concern was that I was going to lose my hair. Forget that I had an aggressive lymphoma that was in the process of killing me. I was going to lose my hair. In fact, I planned to wear a hat until my hair came back. Guess what. After I was reminded that this was not the worse thing that could happen to me, I decided that it really wasn't that big a deal. The problem was I had to be reminded of it. Putting pride aside, I have gone about with my bald head and haven't given it a thought. Before cancer struck it never occurred to me that I was prideful about my headful of hair.
Maybe you need to look into your life and see if there are things that you are prideful about that you do not consider prideful, but in fact are prideful. There is certainly nothing wrong with taking pride in your appearance, but if it becomes an obsession maybe you need to admit to pridefulness. This might seem to be "much ado about nothing," but the Bible does say that "pride goeth before destruction." Maybe we need to take another look at pride in our lives. Bro. Joe
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Mary E. Beauchamp
12/23/2011 03:35:37 pm
EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD! Don't delay....What shall it profit you to gain the whole world and lose your own soul? You can CONFESS HIM NOW or YOU WILL CONFESS HIM LATER... You have nothing to lose and eternal salvation to gain. "Believe me, there is no greater friend in this whole wide world than JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. If you accept JESUS NOW, you will certainly be blessed by knowing Him as your personal Lord and Saviour. So bow the knee, confess with your tongue, seek eternal salvation for your soul, read your Bible daily, find a church, and get to know the very best friend on this side of eternity. Remember: Jesus LOVES you! Don't delay. What better time than this CHRISTMAS....
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