I talk about pride a lot, and that’s a theological concept as much as what a lot of people call obvious vanity or egotism.
It’s the idea that we have to run the show. It contrasts to grace, which is letting God run the show. What we would call feelings of pride would also get replaced, by feelings of awe.
It is like getting hit on the head with a hammer too. It really feels so good when it stops. This was the booby trap of the prize that the serpent offered in Eden. Oh, you can know good and evil just like God. Well, we can’t. We’re finite; God isn’t. But the attempt gets us chasing our tails in a very painful loop. And because we are invested in it, we can’t stop either. Till the appearance of what is theologically called grace.
I see my mission as trying to put these truths of faith into plain language. From that point either God is heard, or He isn’t.
It’s very hard to see past my finite vision.
anger, rage, hate, human emotions along with pride and envy and lust and greed and sloth and gluttony.
Boy, that’s ALOT to overcome!!
all not easy to control.