Are You Humble? (MINISODE)

Have you ever had a moment when your pride got the better of you, and you immediately felt that sting of regret? That's precisely what happened to me recently, and I'm sharing this uncomfortable but essential story with you today.

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Speaker 1: 0:00

Hey friends, welcome back to another mini-sode. All right, whew, it is hot here in Connecticut. The last few days I was in New Hampshire with my family. We went on a little mini vacation. Of course we would pick the worst days to go, because it was in the hundreds. At one point it was 104.

Speaker 1: 0:20

I do not like the heat Seriously. Is it winter yet? I miss my sweats and sweatshirts. But good news is the weather is going to. You know, the temperatures are going to drop soon, not too much, but hopefully it will not be as terrible. The humidity is what does it in for me it's awful, but God is good. I'm still alive. I'm still here with my family and I still get to be here with you guys doing this mini-sode.

Speaker 1: 0:51

So let's get to it. I have a question for you when do you think pride is getting the better of you? I was not sure what to talk about today, but something keeps popping up in my brain and I really don't want to talk about it. If we keeps popping up in my brain and I really don't want to talk about it, if we're being honest, because it was not my finest hour, but I'm thinking maybe God wants to use it to help you all.

Speaker 1: 1:14

So here goes this last Sunday that happened. We were on our way to church. My daughter was upset because we weren't giving her her blanket. We wanted to get it for her, but she was screaming, fussing and we told her you have to calm down first. She wasn't listening. So eventually her brother went to go get it for her because he had to go in there, and he got it for her to hopefully get her quiet. It didn't get her quiet. She was still upset because I told her if you want to have your blanket, you've got to be quiet first and you got to say thank you. She was not doing it. I was getting frustrated, but we had kept our cool. We had all been quiet. No one was yelling at her, nothing, none of that for a good chunk of time. And at some point it just became too much for me and I snapped at her and everyone was quiet.

Speaker 1: 2:03

It was not my finest hour. I felt terrible. I even thought if my listeners could hear me right now, what would they think of me? I just felt awful. I felt like a horrible mom. I felt like a horrible person. I felt like a hypocrite. I'm on my way to church and I'm snapping at my children because she's yelling and screaming and I could no longer take it. So I sat there and I asked God for forgiveness and after I had apologized through tears to my family and said I'm sorry for acting like that, I thought about it. I took a lot longer to blow up on her than I have in the past. I would have done it immediately, probably not even a year ago.

Speaker 1: 2:52

If I'm being honest, god has been doing a lot of work on me. He has been humbling me so much. He has been showing me where my faults are and chiseling away at them. And you know, it wasn't my finest hour. I felt like a horrible person. I still do when I think about it, but I was humble enough to apologize, to realize my mistakes, and then I was able to be encouraged when God lifted me back up after repentance. He lifted me back up and he showed me well, look how far you've come, and that was encouraging, and I was very emotional at church about it.

Speaker 1: 3:31

But this brings me back to what this last episode of the podcast was about with Dustin Largusa. His whole ministry is about laying down your pride and allowing God to lift you up, and this was just a perfect example in my life of that. I'm sure you all have your examples that you can think of where God has been working on your pride issues with you. We all have them. Sometimes we have to learn how to lay down our pride and realize we don't know everything. God knows everything. He's the only one who does. We don't know everything. God knows everything. He's the only one who does. I loved everything that Dustin had to say his honesty, his vulnerability and his desire to help others, humble themselves and allow God to lift them up. We all need to realize that God is in control ultimately, and we need to see how far we've come. We can't just beat ourselves up because of what we've done wrong. We need to remember where we've come from as well and how far we've gone.

Speaker 1: 4:34

Like I said, I would have blown up at her immediately, but it took me a lot longer. I had a lot more patience and during our trip, while my kids were giving us issues, giving us attitude, and during our trip, while my kids were giving us issues, giving us attitude, fighting with each other, I was very calm. I did not raise my voice. I did not do any of the stuff that I usually would do. Praise God for that. He is working on my pride. So here's my question to you when is God trying to work on pride in your life, and why aren't you letting him do it? It is important to lay down your pride. He must increase, we must decrease. We are here to give God the glory, not ourselves. I hope you have a great week and I hope this has encouraged you and that you have a wonderful time allowing God to work on your pride issues.