Pride

It is interesting to me that you can't spell the word "pride" without the letters D, I, and E. Pride can lead to death, both in a physical and spiritual sense. But pride is also something that needs to be killed in us. That little (or big) part of us that wants to do things, not because it is what God would have us do, but rather because we think someone will notice us (even a cute girl/guy if we're lucky). But pride is also something I have been thinking about lately and was even more confirmed when brought up to me by a co-worker. Pride is something I realize I need to work on. Far too often I find myself wanting to do the right thing, but for the completely wrong reasons. Maybe you can connect; if so, great! Maybe we can talk about it sometime :) If not, that's awesome too; I'm glad you do not struggle with it. One of the biggest challenges I have had is during a morning devotional here at camp. Our chaplain for the week read from the beginning of I Corinthians 13, where Paul writes about how our actions, and even faith, are meaningless if we do not have love. Everything we do needs to be done out of love. And doing everything out of love means sacrificing any selfish reasons we may have for doing said action in the first place. And the crucifying of this selfish nature is the eliminating of pride. I need to make some changes. But you know what? When God asks us to make changes, we can be confident it is out of love. Because even if I can't do a single thing out of love for God, everything He does is out of His love for me and others. What a wonderful thing!!!!