If not for learning hard lessons in this life, we would all die among the flames of pride.

I made some mistakes yesterday but fortunately the circumstances didn’t end tragically.

One of my first responses was “That’s so unlike me. I’ve always taken pride in managing the details of my work.”

Pride is dangerous. It leads to overconfidence and consequently lazy and careless behavior.

Do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I hope to never make the same errors again, but hope is a poor antidote to the toxins in a prideful heart.

I’m thankful I am under the grace of God, the evidence of which is acceptance of discipline and rebuke that place me back on track again…until the next time.

Thank God I’m not God.

I’d be so exhausted with me by now.