Category: humility

Once upon a time I knew everything

Arrogance / Caution / faith and life / Generational divide / humility / loving others / memories / obeying scripture / Pride / pride goes before a fall / reflection / thinking differently

I thought I knew everything once. Young, quick of tongue, pregnant with opinions and quietly rebellious. Having travelled around the sun a few more times since youth, I see how wrong I was about most things that fuelled my arrogant words. The mental replays make me cringe. There I am, …

Never hoist me on a pedestal, please

authentic faith / being REAL / Caution / Christianity / humility / pride goes before a fall

Folk often in the public eye become too well acquainted with pedestals. Occasionally someone familiar with my small corner of influence hoists me up on one. I wish they wouldn’t—I don’t belong there. They don’t know the real me, you see. At home, dust often collects like fur on my …

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