\u201cPride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.\u201d \u00a0Proverbs 16:18 CSB
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I have to share a secret with all of you, writing about pride is not easy. \u00a0At least it\u2019s not for me, because it is like shining a flashlight into my heart; areas of pride have crept out that I didn\u2019t know I had. Lord have mercy! I\u2019ve heard pastors say it often in sermons, they are preaching to themselves more than they are anyone else. \u00a0I now know they are telling the truth. Since I started writing these devotionals, it has grown me in ways I can\u2019t even put into words.
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Pride goes before a fall is a phrase you will hear come out of my lips often. Especially on the tennis court. It usually happens right after I hit a great shot, typically the next one is a flop. My pride gets in the way. I hit one good, down the line shot and I think I\u2019m Martina Navratilova. But tennis is what helps me most with my pride. For instance, I hate to lose. In tennis, you lose at some point. I have to work on being a good loser. I have come a long way from where I used to be, but I still need work. Thankfully, God sent me help.
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My husband, Ron, is the best sportsman I know. I know that is biased, but for those of you who know him, I\u2019d bet you would agree. But don\u2019t take my word for it, take the word of the opposing team. Last night my husband\u2019s tennis team, which he captains lost their tennis match. In a USTA match, like this was, there are two singles matches and 3 doubles matches. Whoever wins three out of five matches wins the entire match. Ron, had finished his match and we were waiting as the other guys finished theirs. One of the doubles matches finished, as the guys were walking off the court one of the opposing team members caught Ron\u2019s eye and said: \u201cYour team is the best sportsmen I\u2019ve ever played against. You don\u2019t find it that often.\u201d My husband brushed it off as nothing, but I am a proud wife.
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And we\u2019re right back to where we started. \u00a0Do you see how that works? Pride is around every corner. \u00a0I am proud that I\u2019m married to a man that not only is a good sportsman, but leads other men to be good sportsmen. \u00a0But he doesn\u2019t even know he does it. He\u2019s not proud or arrogant about it, he\u2019s just honest. He gives others credit when they deserve it, he gives himself credit when he\u2019s done something right, but he has a unique way of not being prideful about it. \u00a0I don\u2019t know the secret in his sauce yet, but I\u2019m learning. I\u2019m praying God will give us many more years together for me to figure it out. But there is this one truth, pride goes before a fall. My husband knows it and I\u2019m still learning it.
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Let\u2019s work on it together with this prayer:
Lord, pride does come before destruction. Arrogance does cause us to fall. Help us today learn to be good sportsmen. Don\u2019t let our pride trip us up today or ever. Keep us hungry, keep us humble, keep us focused on You. (Proverbs 16:18 CSB). In Jesus Name we pray. Amen
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