Fruits of Pride #3
by adustyframe ~ April 5th, 2008I forgot I was posting this series! (DUH!)
Here are the other posts.
21. I often feel ungrateful. I tend to grumble about what I have or my lot in life.
22. I find myself wallowing in self-pity. I am consumed with how I am treated by God and others. I tend to feel mistreated or misunderstood. I seldom recognize or sympathize with what’s going on with others around me because I feel that I have it worse than they do.
23. I can be jealous or envious of others abilities, possessions, positions, or accomplishments. I want to be what others are or want to have what others have. I find it hard to rejoice with others when they are blessed by God.
24. I have a know-it-all attitude. I am impressed by my own knowledge. I feel like there isn’t much I can learn from other people, especially those less mature than me.
25. I have a hard time listening to ordinary people. I listen better to those I respect or people I want to leave with a good impression. I don’t honestly listen when someone else is speaking because I am usually planning what I am going to say next.
26. I like to reveal my own mind. I have an answer for practically every situation. I feel compelled to balance everyone else out.
27. I interrupt people regularly. I don’t let people finish what they are saying.
28. I find it hard to admit it when I don’t know something. When someone asks me something I don’t know, I will make up an answer rather than admit I don’t know.
29. I don’t get much out of Bible teaching. I tend to evaluate the speaker rather than my own life. I grumble about hearing something a second time.
30. I listen to teaching with other people in mind. I constantly think of those folks who need to hear this teaching and wish they were here.
April 6th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Ouch!! Too true!
April 6th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
These really hit home for me – ouch! I repent and Lord forgive me.
April 6th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
This past year, I have decided that I am no longer going to try to “multi-task” anything in my life, because I found myself so scatterbrained that I could not pay attention to conversations, etc. And, I would interrupt, because I was afraid that if I didn’t say what I wanted to say *right then*, I would forget it! So, I also decided that I am going to listen and not try to think about what I want to say–if I forget what I want to say, oh well, LOL! It’ll come back to me eventually, LOL!
Several things on this list reinforce that I want to take each moment for what it is, so that I can slow down, listen, and truly pay attention…