Category: pride
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Separation
That same night at the jail we talked about how easy it is to make excuses and shift blame by pointing out others’ faults. We want to justify ourselves.
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It’s Getting Harder And Harder To Be A Peacemaker
Many of us are stuck in echo chambers, and often we don’t realize it or we don’t care. What hope do we have for bridging the ever-widening gaps between us?
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God’s Way Is Always Best
God has defined His way for us in many areas: the family, the church, how to be saved, how to treat our enemies, etc. Yet we do so many things in violation of God’s established plans; then we wonder why life is full of trouble.
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Doing Things God’s Way
Most of us understand, intellectually and from experience, that when we do things our own way, we tend to get ourselves into trouble. God’s way is always best. Why then do we so often insist on doing things our own way?
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Pride v. Shame
I was a schoolgirl know-it-all. People praised me for being smart and that made me feel good about myself… until I would say something foolish, make a mistake, or meet up with someone smarter than I. Then my pride began to buckle under the weight of another emotion: shame.
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It Takes One To Know One
You probably know the old saying, “it takes one to know one,” but why is it so much easier to see any given fault in someone else than it is to see it in ourselves? Could it be that God brought Israel face to face with a picture of their own unrighteousness magnified so that…
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Staying Teachable
All of us, perhaps teachers especially, need to remain teachable. Even if I am a teacher, more than that I am a student, a disciple of Jesus.