I think that this blog’s all about me.
Am I the only person who occasionally wastes hours of her day reading her own blog?
I find myself nodding, mm-hmm-ing, and occasionally bursting into an amen.
I want to write myself comments to say “Bravo”.
I become impressed with how I express myself, with the topics I write about, with the way I think about issues.
I’m pretty much my biggest fan.
Which is pretty much not cool at all.
My pride would say that I am wise, that I know the answers, that bekahcubed is a fount of wisdom and discernment.
The word of God says otherwise.
In fact, God’s word places wisdom and pride on opposite ends of a spectrum.
“When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom.”
~Proverbs 11:2“By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom.”
~Proverbs 13:10“In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them.”
~ Proverbs 14:3
In fact, pride is the one thing that Scripture tells us God actively opposes: in both James 4:6 and I Peter 5:5, we read:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
In taking pride in my wisdom, I reveal how little wisdom I truly have–
and I set myself in opposition to God and He to me.
How much better that I heed the word of God through James:
“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.”