Leaving Pride Behind

Blessed are the humble, for they will inherit the earth. M55

Hello dear ones,
I come to recognize how much I failed the Lord. I can say that before my trip, I was a woman who always thought that because I was married I was better than the others, that I had a perfect marriage. Many times I felt this and although I never said it, I did think about it.

And as His Word says,
"Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall" 1C1012

Well, my fall from that pedestal of pride was so great, that today when I returned home, I thought: Lord, how wrong I was, that pride was useless, only to get away from You.

And the Lord has been showing me that this is how we all live. Pride is the way to repay evil with evil. It is a shield that we invent to appear to be strong, when what we do is disobey and do the opposite of what Our Beloved came to do in this world.

And believe me, He has destroyed so much of that pride in me. It happened to me a few days ago, when my ET (earthly husband) came to feed him. I live with my parents, and that's why he doesn't go into the house, I always go outside.

That day after he left, I went into my house and my mom was talking to a brother on the phone, upset because he was talking to the ET.

And she told him that I had no dignity. I just went in and went to my room, and I didn't say anything.
So I thought, what does it mean to have dignity? It's the same as pride, and that's what everyone wants us to have, to do the same thing they did to us, or to pay with a worse coin.

I know that I have a long way to go, that in the eyes of my family everything I do is wrong, because I have no pride or dignity.

I can feel happy, because my Beloved was humble, always, and that is what I must follow. That is why I thank Him that the proud woman is dying, because His humility is the only thing that matters.

And that is what I have asked him every day, to take pride away from me and replace it with humility, with kindness. If the One who was the Son of God came in humility, it is because that is the right way.

My fall was great, because my pedestal of pride and ignorance was also great, and I thank Him that He sustains me, and shows me the right way.

Dear Bride, no matter how far we have fallen, just remember that HE wants us to be so much better now.

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Bienaventurados los humildes, porque ellos heredarán la tierra. M55

Hola queridos míos,
vengo a reconocer cuánto le fallé al Señor. Puedo decir que antes de mi viaje, yo era una mujer que siempre pensaba que por estar casada era mejor que las demás, que tenía un matrimonio perfecto. Muchas veces sentí esto y aunque nunca lo dije, sí lo pensé.

Y como dice Su Palabra:
“Por tanto, el que piensa que está firme, mire que no caiga” 1C1012

Bueno, mi caída de ese pedestal de orgullo fue tan grande, que hoy al regresar a casa, pensé: Señor, qué equivocado estaba, que el orgullo no servía para nada, solo para alejarme de Ti.

Y el Señor me ha estado mostrando que así es como todos vivimos. El orgullo es la manera de pagar mal con mal. Es un escudo que inventamos para aparentar ser fuertes, cuando lo que hacemos es desobedecer y hacer lo contrario de lo que Nuestro Amado vino a hacer en este mundo.

Y créanme, Él ha destruido mucho ese orgullo en mí. Me pasó hace unos días, cuando mi ET (esposo terrenal) vino para que le diera de comer. Vivo con mis padres, y por eso, él no entra a la casa, yo siempre salgo afuera.

Ese día después de que él se fue, entré a mi casa y mi mamá estaba hablando con un hermano por teléfono, molesta porque estaba hablando con el ET.

Y ella le dijo que yo no tenía dignidad. Yo simplemente entré y me fui a mi cuarto, y no dije nada.
Entonces pensé, ¿qué es tener dignidad? Es lo mismo que el orgullo, y eso es lo que todos quieren que tengamos, que hagamos lo mismo que nos hicieron a nosotros, o que paguemos con una moneda peor.

Sé que me falta mucho, que a los ojos de mi familia todo lo que hago está mal, porque no tengo orgullo ni dignidad.

Yo puedo sentirme feliz, porque mi Amado fue humilde, siempre, y eso es lo que yo debo seguir. Por eso le doy gracias porque la mujer orgullosa está muriendo, porque Su humildad es lo único que importa.

Y eso es lo que le he pedido todos los días, que quite de mí el orgullo y lo sustituya por humildad, por bondad. Si Aquel que era el Hijo de Dios vino en humildad es porque ese es el camino correcto.

Mi caída fue grande, porque mi pedestal de orgullo e ignorancia también fue grande, y le doy gracias a Él porque me sostiene, y me muestra el camino correcto.

Querida Novia, no importa cuánto hayamos caído, sólo recuerda que ÉL quiere que seamos mucho mejores ahora.

1 thought on “Leaving Pride Behind”

  1. Dear Liza, looking back I can also see how full of pride I was, trying to appear strong and quick to judge others, but I am forever grateful that my Beloved showed me my own sin and is working in me to give me a total make-over and change my heart.

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