When I was young I can recall times when my father would say, "I'm proud of you!" There are appropriate places for "appropriate pride". "It is appropriate when you feel a grateful satisfaction for what God is doing through you." (devo) I think most people struggle with how to have good pride and avoid bad pride.
Wrongful pride will sink us and appropriate pride is a blessing. Wrongful pride is self focused and appropriate pride is thankfully God focused.
Pause for a moment today and express an appropriate pride for something God has done and is doing in and through you.
God bless you,
PJ
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I agree with the devo today, that pride in my children, my spouse, or a job well done, is healthy. But it can turn into sin if I take credit for any of it. God is the giver of all things and any accomplishment is really because He has used me to do it. When He uses me to do something, I can be proud that He has done it through me, yet I must take care that I don't turn it into self pride. Even though I am rather shy and quiet, I tend to want attention, so it can be tough to keep quiet about something God has done through me or is using me for. Complicated yet simple. Give God the glory whenever I can and whenever it is appropriate.
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