Friday, July 1, 2011

nothing left to be prideful about

One thing God taught me at Student Life Camp is that i have been looking at life all wrong. i have been struggling with pride and this was my thought process: "if i get closer to God, i will just be even better than everyone else so how do i do that without getting prideful?" and that is all wrong. i would try to get myself to be humble, but obviously that failed since i did it with my weak self (who thinks she is stronger than she really is!). but God put a thought in my head at the beginning of last week: what is my "good" scale made of? who is on it? because if i am comparing myself to the world, it is hard to not think i'm good because i live for the Lord and don't drink or cuss or any of that. but if i compare myself to the perfect, holy, and GREAT God, i am absolutely NOTHING and i have NOTHING to boast about. GOD gave me my talents and strengths, HE has given me the boldness when i witness, and everything else "i" have done for His kingdom is not me at all. i am just the messenger, simply the girl He chose to use. i have done nothing but give my life to Him. and when i really look at my life, it could be SO much better than it is. so no, i am not great, i am nobody, and i like it that way because God deserves ALL the glory and ALL the praise.

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