Day 9 (April 15, 2011)
Question: How do I guard against pride?
Read:
Proverbs 6:16-17
16 “These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 “A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood”
Proverbs 8:13
“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”
Alma 5:28
“Behold, are ye stripped of pride? I say unto you, if ye are not ye are not prepared to meet God. Behold ye must prepare quickly; for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand, and such an one hath not eternal life.”
D&C 38:39
“And if ye seek the riches which it is the will of the Father to give unto you, ye shall be the richest of all people, for ye shall have the riches of eternity; and it must needs be that the riches of the earth are mine to give; but beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old.”
Ponder: Am I being truly honest with others? Do I guard against pride? Do I do the right things for the right reasons?
I’ve thought a lot about pride. It seems like most of my comments I made while studying the Book of Mormon last time through were about pride. It’s not an easy thing to overcome. I will continue to fight it all my life I suspect. But replacing it with love certainly has to be the first step!
The other thing that I recognize is just how much I rely on the Lord for everything. I have seen His hand in so many parts of my life. Sometimes I am tempted to brag about things for which I'm super pleased and then realize in the middle of the process just how much of everything I owe to God and to Jesus. And that is so humbling. I cannot be more in debt to them. I think it's a challenge sometimes to do the right things for the right reasons, but I'm certainly a lot more at peace with myself when I do.
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