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I’ve been working on this science fiction novel for years. When I first started out, well actually until recently, whenever writing class would say, you need a list of ideas, and topics to keep you from getting writers block, I would say, oh not me, I never get writers block. Um … yeah, okay. Where do I get my ideas about things, I wonder sometimes? That was pride. Only … I didn’t know it.
Then recently God told me to write a teaching book on the imagination, and as I have been writing it, I’ve been getting ideas, topics, and all sorts of things I am putting in a list. I think, oh my, I should have been making a list for my novel all this time. Because … now, I am stuck! Arrrg! Laughs. It’s my own fault, my own stupid pride.
I hate pride, and do everything I can to get it out of my life. So, how did that sneak in? Price is a sneaky spirit. It will sneak up on a person and tell them in seducing tones, how special they are and how they are better than anyone else, or can write better than anyone else, or can sew, cook, clean, talk, preach, give, etc better than anyone else. But, pride will get you in trouble, because it puts off a stinky spiritual aroma. When people sense a person has that kind a pride, they want to get away from them. Sadly, sometimes the person doesn’t know they have a pride problem. It takes God revealing it to them. When God told me I had a pride problem years ago, I thought, not me God, I don’t have pride. How so, Lord? But, God started revealing and showing how I had pride laced into every area of my life. I was like wow God I had no idea! I prayed, Lord show me where all the pride is and then help me to get it out of my life, in every area. I want to be pleasing to You in all things. So began my cleaning out the pride from my life. It only took about two weeks, with the Holy Spirit directing the clean up.
Sometimes pride will try to come back, like this not needing to write a list thing. Oh, I am just so creative, and it will “always” come to me. I don’t need that. Caroline rolls her eyes at herself. Sometimes I can be so stupid. Then, when I find out what I did. I go to God, get it cleaned up, repent, get forgiveness, and then laugh at myself. No need to condemn yourself when you find out you made a big dumb boo boo. We all make big dumb boo boo’s. It’s a part of growing. Growing is the key; when we are growing, pride won’t have a chance to sneak a place into our lives. There are always going to be people who can write, preach, draw better than me. The thing is not to compete or try to be better than someone else, but to be unique in whatever it is I desire to accomplish. Then, pride will find no way into my life.
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