Wow

[painful_honesty]

I read this just now and it is just resonating within my ears and eyes and spirit. Definitely what He is saying to me now, and confirmation of a vision He showed me.

Lev 20:24b

I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.

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God is using me in almost every situation Im in, to speak to others. Its absolutely amazing.A

Comments

[demiga]

Pride isn't always a bad thing. Pride in your child, or in God working through you can actually be just fine.

[painful_honesty]

Yeah thats true... and that seems like its a different kind of "pride" ...like Im "proud of" my son, or "proud of" what God is doing through me... but I just dont ever want to get an inflated, distorted view of myself. You know? Galatians says "if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself." But I can do all things through CHrist, you know? Its a balance I guess. God is showing it to me.

[masoretic]

True, but it's important to acknowledge the dual nature of "pride" in our language.

pride  /praɪd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[prahyd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, prid‧ed, prid‧ing.
-noun
1. a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
2. the state or feeling of being proud.
3. a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self-respect; self-esteem.
4. pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself: civic pride.
5. something that causes a person or persons to be proud: His art collection was the pride of the family.

[painful_honesty]

ah, thats what I was getting at in my vague answer. Thanks!