I'm not the most humble person out there. I know, shocking right? In the spirit of full disclosure, I think I can honestly say that I'm very lacking in the humility department. I make a lot of mistakes, and my mistakes tend to hurt people, and I'm generally very good at figuring out when I've hurt someone...but I don't do very well in publicly acknowledging my fault and asking for forgiveness. My pride has a uncanny way of getting between me and the people I love. Mind you, its not as if I'm walking around acting like I'm better than everyone, its just that sometimes I say certain things and later find out that I was wrong, and I have soooo much difficulty just admitting that I'm wrong.
Seriously, this has been a problem with me from childhood. I can vividly remember at least 6 occasions where either my mom or dad has told me that in order to learn from my mistakes I need to come to terms with the fact that I was wrong.
I'd like to thing (and I seriously hope) that I'm not the only person who is struggling with this. So how can I deal with this issue? how do I come to the point where I can ask for forgiveness or admit that I'm sorry?
Today I was doing my devotion, and it just happen to be on pride and it had a great passage from the bible that I somehow, have managed to bypass over the years. In Proverbs 11:2 it says
" Pride goes before destruction. And a haughty spirit before stumbling."I thank God today for opening my eyes to the consequences of my pride. I know it sounds cliche but to be reminded again of the effects of pride really has drawn my attention back to my problem and has encouraged me to assess myself next time I feel compelled to withhold the legitimacy of someones statement.
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