Foothold in Pride
A friend and I spent much of the day running around looking for after-Christmas deals and stopping to have lunch at a local bakery. We talked about pride and that it seemed for us, much of our sin came out of, or as a result of, pride. We thought about others and the situations they were in and thought some of the circumstances probably had a foothold in pride.
We talked about how Jesus is the epitome of humility and that He had every reason to be prideful, but He was not. But that makes sense, since He was sinless, so He couldn't have been prideful, as the two do not dwell together.
My friend, Helen, wrote the following script today which really spoke to me: It is better to finish something than to start it and to be patient than to be prideful. Ecc. 7:8. God is faithful and patient, promising to complete what he has started in us. We are His "work-in-progress" as He changes us. We will be better in the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
We talked about how Jesus is the epitome of humility and that He had every reason to be prideful, but He was not. But that makes sense, since He was sinless, so He couldn't have been prideful, as the two do not dwell together.
My friend, Helen, wrote the following script today which really spoke to me: It is better to finish something than to start it and to be patient than to be prideful. Ecc. 7:8. God is faithful and patient, promising to complete what he has started in us. We are His "work-in-progress" as He changes us. We will be better in the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
If I could remember this....I think it would benefit so much in my life. Maybe my focus has been off just a tad as I always tried to focus on love, which I don't even know how to do that properly. I should focus on Christ and His humbleness....then my apologies and coverups may be further apart. Thanks Kate. Always encouraging me to rethink what I thought.... :-)
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