What do you think about Pride

[memoriesbymichelle]

For me, Pride being the first sin that Satan wanted to exhalt himself above God and become God I have a hard time being proud.

It's like when you say to your kids "I'm so proud of you" I just don't like to say that. I AM very happy about how they've turned out so far, but I don't like saying "I'm proud".

The bible also says Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18

What do YOU think? Am I nuts? (well I am, but you know what I mean, am I nuts about being prideful lol)

 

[blackribbon]

I think that there is more than one kind of pride. I am proud of my daughter when she skates because I know all the hard work she has put in to get there.

The kind of pride that I think the Bible talks about is more of a self-pride. It isn't so much "earned" but rather an ego thing. It is the same as arrogance. It is taking pride in something that God gave us instead of earned...and even worse, taking credit for it. If someone is proud of their beauty or intelligence...which are things that are God given and not earned...that is the pride that goes before the fall.

Pride is an issue when people start to worship the object in question....a beautiful person who lives in front of the mirror....a smart person who rather likes to have people idolize him/her...a normal person who likes to believe that they are "better" than someone else...

 

[redblue22]

I like it when someone is proud of me, believes in me, has faith in me, etc.

 

[Doctor Strangelove]

I think there is a healthy pride. Just like there is a difference between reasonable self-esteem and narcissism.

 

[CounselorForChrist]

^what he said^
I dislike people are narcissistic. Where as I like people who at least can take pride, but at the same time be humble. I'm more humble then prideful.

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

I am very cautious because pride was the first sin. And while yes, it was the kind of arrogant pride that says I can be better than God, it is a very sneaky sin that can explode before you know it.
For example being proud of someone because they earned something or worked hard for something sounds good....but what if it leads them to being puffed up about themselves by accepting accolades from others.

And BTW I am not in any way trying to say that I don't have any pride. Of course I do, but I don't want to have it.
Confidence is OK with me (for myself) but I don't want to come across prideful ever.
So I guess if I feel I am "proud" of my son even if it's something he worked for, deep down I think I would be giving myself a pat on the back for how he turned out (if that makes sense)
I am just reluctant to use the word "proud" and it could be that I am just nuts (well I am, so let's not go there lol)

 

[blackribbon]

I am proud of my daughter and her skating. I've done nothing but drive her and pay her bills...the work is all her. I am also proud that she doesn't have a false sense of self-worth. She is confident but was every bit as excited when her friend came in first even when they were competing against each other. (My daughter got 3rd).

I guess I don't see the first sin as pride so much as arrogance and rebellion. This might actually have more to do with semantics.

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

So......as you know my dryer quit working. I mentioned it at bible study, because that's what happened. So yesterday...I got an email from one of the women and she wanted to buy me a NEW dryer. The one she sent me details on was 400.00! I did NOT feel comfortable accepting this offer, and I feel bad saying this but I did not like the dryer she picked out. Last night I had a guy come over and exchange my dryer for one exactly like the one that broke for 75.00. THEN my friend called me. I had ignored her email because I was planning to tell her today that I had already replaced the dryer. She asked if she could pay for my used dryer and I said yes. After I hung up, I was so humbled, ugh I even tear up now typing this, that I cried. And then I had this aweful feeling, wondering if I was being prideful in not accepting her offer. If I was, I hope that God will forgive me. I felt ungrateful for not liking the dryer she picked out for me. I also thought of all the things I could take care of with 400.00 rather than just having a new dryer. Heck I could buy a used washer/dryer set for that, but I feel this is a terrible attitude to have. So here I am feeling grateful that she is going to pay for my used dryer, wondering if I made a mistake and should have just accepted her offer even though I didn't like the dryer, and hoping God does not punish me for my mistake and wondering how much of this situation is my being prideful?

 

[MorkandMindy]

For me, Pride being the first sin that Satan wanted to exhalt himself above God and become God I have a hard time being proud.

It's like when you say to your kids "I'm so proud of you" I just don't like to say that. I AM very happy about how they've turned out so far, but I don't like saying "I'm proud".

The bible also says Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18

What do YOU think? Am I nuts? (well I am, but you know what I mean, am I nuts about being prideful lol)

I'm the same, I just don't have pride.

My son was doing badly in school at pretty well everything, so I decided to help him as much as possible each weekend with his homework and school work and we agreed he would excel in one subject and chose physics. Two years later he won the school physics prize and people said I must be so proud. I wasn't, just relieved really that he didn't fail, and it appears he felt much the same.

The same happened when I got a distinction in computer science at associates level; I was just relieved not to have done badly. And my sister is the same in her college courses. She always scores mid nineties or above, sometimes the full 100%, but is only ever relieved not to have done badly, which always seems to be lurking just around the corner.

Self-esteem seems to be fixed in life at an early age and to be resistant to change. I don't have a religion so to me pride would not be a sin, but I still don't miss it, I'm sure life is simpler without it.


The difficulty is that others think it is really odd and think there is something wrong with me.