Me:  Howdy Prodigal, are you trying to make a statement?

Prodigal:  Yes, I am!

Me:  If you’re big enough to say it, you’re big enough to own it.

Prodigal:  Well I am going to own it then.

 

This is from the book Overcoming Spiritual Blindness by James P. Gills, M.D.

 

If we choose to take the path of humility, we can expect others to misunderstand and think less of us.  For example, I know a man who holds world records in sailing and ballooning.  Yet, choosing to live in genuine humility, he appears to others as an ordinary fellow.  Predictably, in social “shell-game,”  people typically treat him condescendingly.  Not knowing of his great ability and achievements, the negative is always assumed.

 

Just yesterday someone made a mistake of thinking the worse and was very condescending to you.  You just did not want to appear prideful.  You have had a enough of pride in your life.  You try hard not to let pride get out of control.  They are a Christian feeding on spiritual milk and you just have to love them and shake off the condescending treatment.  You once were on spiritual milk yourself so grace should be given in abundance.

 

Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org