| Lessons from the Vine |
Monday Musings...........Pride is such an interesting and twisted flaw to possess. I know this from personal experience. Yes, you heard me right....I am admitting that I struggle with pride, but perhaps not in the way you might assume. No, I don't go around acting like God's gift to mankind while critically looking down my nose at others but rather quite the opposite. I am quite insecure at times and fall short more times than I care to think about. My struggle is with admitting my insecurities and shortcomings. I tend to put on this phisod that appears "super confidant" when in reality I'm anything but. I also notice that while I enjoy receiving a compliment (be honest, we all do from time to time), I have an especially hard time giving them. There are just certain people that I have a hard time complimenting, mainly people who are seemingly "super confident" themselves. I mean really, they seem to think they're great all by themselves...why do they need my words of affirmation? But as I ponder this more and more in my mind I find myself wondering if maybe they might actually share the same struggle as I. Perhaps they think the same of me. All I know is that I truly hate this pride that resides in me. I hate the games it makes me play. I truly want to learn to exhibit humility in all circumstances, with all people. This is an area of my life that needs constant pruning. I know my Lord is willing and fully capable to accomplish this work in me....the question is will I allow Him to do so?Lord, hlep me not to just be a hearer of Your Word but a doer, for I know your word says in James 1 that, "If anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in the mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in all he does." Help me Lord to be careful not to be caught up in my own self-righteousness but rather in Your Righteousness. Cast me not away from your presence and renew a right spirit within me. When I meet you face to face, I long to hear you say "Well done my good and faithful servant." and not "depart from me, I never knew you." I want to truly love you not just in word but in deed and not just in deed but from the depths of my heart and soul and I want to love others with love that is genuine. 11:24 PM - Aug. 20, 2007 - post comment
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