Life Happens. So being hit by a truck of life situations is natural. Recently I was hit by the Truck of Pride, Truck of Anger, Truck of Negativity and then came the 18 wheeler of Humility. Loving my family isn’t an easy feat. I know them too well and I am more than capable of judging them for their sins so why would I ever have to love them. That thought was spurred by the first three trucks. Pride, anger, negativity. Then came humility. God spoke clearly to me while I let my mind wander one afternoon. Loving them isn’t going to be easy and it is not supposed to be. We can’t grow if we don’t overcome the hardness of our hearts toward family, friends or even coworkers that have mistreated or abused us.

I want to grow, I want to love EVERYONE and I want to be more like Jesus every day. To do that, I have to train myself to stop judging, to stop remembering every wrong done to me with such malice I only harbor negative thoughts to those that Jesus wants me to love. Lately those that have wronged me (hurt me) the most continue to ingrain themselves in my life. Only recently did the Holy Spirit clarify it for me that they have come back into my life for my own good. It is a second chance for me, not for them. It is a chance for me to change my behavior, not theirs. Nor should I expect God has brought them back into my life so they can do right by me. Too often I am studying another person’s behavior instead of my own.

As more and more situations of great difficulty continue to enter my life, I am finding in the heat of the moment I allow pride, anger and negativity to rise up within me. I know now that I must take a breath, step away and grab my Bible. For me the only way to fight such attitudes as pride, anger and negativity is God’s word. To fill my mind, heart and soul with the loving, gentle, merciful and wise words of God’s Holy Word.

I do not like these difficult situations, but I find myself more and more blessed by them as I accept God’s will over my own. When the 18 wheeler of humility stops in front of you, hop in and learn the lessons God is attempting to teach you. Otherwise you will find yourself HUMBLED by the 18 wheeler because that is what pride does. It forces us to throw ourselves under the wheels of the 18 wheeler instead of into the cabin of it. Luke 14:11 (ESV) For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled , and he who humbles himself will be exalted. We need to humble ourselves. Pride can only result in our downfall Proverbs 16:18 (KJV) Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

May God’s Holy Word bless all those that read it and follow its instruction.

Belinda
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