Too many thoughts.: A Spoonful of Pride.

I believe that the worst trait we acquire as humans is our pride. Who are we to be prideful? Who told us that kind of behavior is acceptable? There are a few different types of pride I would like to cover and the first is our image. It doesn't matter how good we think we look or how great our style is. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. Maybe some will find us attractive but there will also be others who don't. And frankly none of that matters. We spend too much time everyday focused on our looks, the time we waste is embarrassing We could instead be spending more time with the others around us, but no we really needed to take all of those selfies, we needed to get our foundation perfect, we needed to find the perfect outfit, we needed to get our hairstyle just right. We are pathetically seeking attention. But the only one we NEED attention from is the Lord. And he couldn't care less about any of those things. And do you really think he'd be proud of all the wasted time. Like, " You go girl, way to look breath taking today". Obviously not, if our insides aren't beautiful then our outsides sure won't either. This isn't to say that we should leave our houses in the morning with our pj's on. But if we want to look nice that's great, but we shouldn't continue to dwell on our looks. I think this also extends to how we talk about ourselves to others. Though if I'm being honest we probably don't have much business talking about ourselves too much. But if we bring ourselves into conversations to talk about how we know we are good looking or whatever. We look like conceded jerks. No one cares how many people have liked us lately, and we will probably lose some friends if we keep talking like that. The next thing about our pride that bothers me, is pride concerning our talents and actions. It's great when we find our gifts that the Lord has blessed us with. But that doesn't mean we should go around and gloat about our abilities. Because without the Lord we wouldn't have any talents. So in all reality gloating about our abilities is pretty pathetic. So let's be thankful instead, and stop talking about ourselves all the time. We will never be able to make disciples if all we want to talk about is ourselves. They will find us boring and weird. I think all pride issues begin and end with us talking about ourselves. So let's make an effort to watch our words. And listen instead of talking all the time. We need to be earnestly interested in others. And if we aren't currently it'd be better to fake it until we actually feel that way. The more we open our mouths the more trouble we're bound to get ourselves into.

I'm loving the newest country hits, to keep me busy during this cold winter break. Enjoy!!