I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10 I was also really encouraged by a couple of verses I thought through yesterday and something that the Lord showed me about myself that I [...]
God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6 My grandfather was perhaps the most humble man I knew when it came to business. He was a real estate broker in West Columbia for as long as I can remember and then retired from his company. He was generally a soft-spoken [...]
Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. Proverbs 12:16 There is nothing more reassuring than a long fuse on a firecracker. I remember as a kid going out to the road and lighting a brick of fireworks. Now understand that I was without parental supervision in those days. My [...]
Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them... Matthew 6:1 "Look at me! Watch what I'm doing! I'm helping people! I'm cutting their bushes. I'm washing their car. I'm raking their yard. I'm bringing them food." It's hard to help others absent from pride building up in [...]
Love does not boast ~1 Corinthians 13:4 As I look back over my marriage, I can identify times when my arrogance and pride caused problems in my relationship with my wife. Sometimes I'm just a man with no sense. I thought I could get points with my wife. I remember one afternoon when she [...]
When we have troubled times or people around us throw scorn and contempt our way, how do we respond? I would venture to say that we return evil for evil. At least that's what we want to do. Be honest with yourself and think about how you respond to people as they look down [...]
Humility is easier to define than to display. Some would say that humility is the opposite of pride. Some would say that humility is the absence of pride. The problem is as believers we all struggle with pride. It creeps in slowly and disguises itself as advancement, success, or accomplishment. This pride quickly [...]