I haven't written in awhile but plan on starting back up. This is a story I wanted to share that happend just recently.
There I was at my kids group swimming lessons. Sitting at the top of the bleachers with my Bible study on my lap and looking up scriptures on my smart phone, really oblivious to how noisy it is in the indoor pool facility. My study was on pride. As I looked up scripture and read the author’s narrative, I knew I had a lot of pride in my life. Pride is anything we hold on to ourself and don’t glorify God for the blessing he’s given us.
As swimming lessons were finishing up, so was my prayer. The author suggested getting on your knees to say this prayer but since I was in a public place I of course opted to sit in the bleachers and prayed earnestly to God to show me the pride I have in myself and teach me some humility! I admitted areas where I could see the pride and asked God to show me any areas that were hidden from my own viewpoint. I got up and made my way down to the bleachers, when I slipped on the wet tile around the pool and landed down on my knees just inches from falling into the deep end of the pool! As I looked up I said “Oh Thank you Sweet Jesus for not ordering a second baptism for me today”. Many people came to help me up and I knew right away that my prayer for humility had been answered in this “humiliating” way!
Pride for me is so hard to get! Bowing down to God in a public place would make me feel like I was trying to show others “look at me, I’m such a great Christian” and be a prideful act but God showed me if you don’t bow down before him, he can bring you to His knees more forceful and powerful than you can imagine! Proverbs 16:18 “Pride leads to destruction, a haughty spirit comes before a stumble.”
Lessons in pride hurt. I still feel the sting of busting my knee and elbow and the soreness all over my body but what a great reminder each time I wince to praise God and to openly profess on my sore knees the pride I have in me.
There I was at my kids group swimming lessons. Sitting at the top of the bleachers with my Bible study on my lap and looking up scriptures on my smart phone, really oblivious to how noisy it is in the indoor pool facility. My study was on pride. As I looked up scripture and read the author’s narrative, I knew I had a lot of pride in my life. Pride is anything we hold on to ourself and don’t glorify God for the blessing he’s given us.
As swimming lessons were finishing up, so was my prayer. The author suggested getting on your knees to say this prayer but since I was in a public place I of course opted to sit in the bleachers and prayed earnestly to God to show me the pride I have in myself and teach me some humility! I admitted areas where I could see the pride and asked God to show me any areas that were hidden from my own viewpoint. I got up and made my way down to the bleachers, when I slipped on the wet tile around the pool and landed down on my knees just inches from falling into the deep end of the pool! As I looked up I said “Oh Thank you Sweet Jesus for not ordering a second baptism for me today”. Many people came to help me up and I knew right away that my prayer for humility had been answered in this “humiliating” way!
Pride for me is so hard to get! Bowing down to God in a public place would make me feel like I was trying to show others “look at me, I’m such a great Christian” and be a prideful act but God showed me if you don’t bow down before him, he can bring you to His knees more forceful and powerful than you can imagine! Proverbs 16:18 “Pride leads to destruction, a haughty spirit comes before a stumble.”
Lessons in pride hurt. I still feel the sting of busting my knee and elbow and the soreness all over my body but what a great reminder each time I wince to praise God and to openly profess on my sore knees the pride I have in me.
