From todays devotional:
Keeping a spiritual journal or diary is a good habit, one that helps us keep track of where, how, and why we’ve been on our journey of faith. Today, we recommend that you write a spiritual journal entry on the topic of pride. Specifically, what area of your life do you feel is the most full of pride? Why? What have you tried to do about it? What has God done to teach you humility in this area? What more do you want the Spirit to do in the future?
Ok, I’ll try.
- What area of my life do I feel is the most full of pride? Why?
- When I do something and it doesn’t work or I realize I made a mistake on something, I get very frustrated and down on myself because of my perfectionistic expectations of myself
- W hat have I tried to do about it? What has God taught me? What do I want Him to do?
- Self image is something I’ve struggled with since I was a kid. It started back then with cruel kids picking on me. Since college, it’s been this perfectionism that’s been the trigger for negative feelings. I guess at this point I’m aware that pride is the root cause of all this. I’d like God to help me have the perspective of myself as His child.