Lotta Pride goin on around here....

One of the most life changing one liners I have ever heard is, "the root of every offense is pride." One of my LOVELY friends, Gina, shared this with me during one of our gritty, diggin into God conversations. This GODLY woman is constantly pushing me into Godly womanhood.

When she first said that line, i was offended. (lol---I'm serious---ironic but true)
My first thought was, "I do not have issues with pride, I get offended because people are rude and hurtful."

It was time to evaluate my pride. For the following weeks and still now I consciously stop myself whenever feeling offended by ANYTHING.

It went like this......
-while driving someone would pull out in front of me and my thought was "why would they do that.....I was driving too fast for them to get over"
-when I spent 2 hours getting ready for a hot date with my fiance and he didn't immediately compliment me when he saw me I thought "I cant believe he doesn't think I look good....I thought i did"
-a friend would handle a situation differently than I would and my thought would be "I cant believe he/she did/said that-I would have done it a better way"
-I might share something with someone about my brilliant wedding plans and their reaction is about 10X less dramatic than it should be and my thought is "how can you not be excited about this....it's so awesome"

I'm ashamed of myself. If I look back at all of the times that I'm offended, it's because I thought so highly of myself, my ideas, my thoughts, and my way of doing things. I was offended because my pride took a hit....I put myself higher instead of humbling my spirit.

The bible speaks CLEARLY of pride. My God hates it and in the small and big issues in life....I've got alot of pride goin on around here.

Proverbs 16:
⁵ The LORD detests all the proud of heart.
Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit before a fall.

Before I am punished and my spirit falls....I'll be repenting now! Thank God he sent Jesus to forgive my nasty flesh. In order to really become like Christ, the pride evaluation will need to keep happening and I'll continue to ask myself "Why am I really offended right now?" I already know 99% of my responses will be "I was thinking too high of myself."

Happy Monday!