Friday!

Proverbs!

"Scoffer" is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.

Proverbs 21:24 ESV

This proverb almost seems over the top...this is a caricature of a person, no one could be all of these things...

But I think the point is to encourage me to see this in me.

I've been known to scoff.

To hear someone's idea, thought, and scoff.

Sometimes out loud.

And sometimes inside.

That haughty, arrogant person does reside in me.

He is me.

Not all the time, but that ugliness is there, and when it surfaces some days I run with it.

Or the scoffing is happening before I can stop it...there must be something in me that likes it.

Scoffing gives me power.

This proverb describes an ugly person who we would want nothing to do with, yet, I find him in me.

Ephesians 4:1-3 is my antidote.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 is my guide.

Jesus gave away his power and came as a servant, and he asks us to follow him.

So...if you hear me scoffing, feel free to remind me of this proverb, and the anti-Jesus, anti-love attitude that I have. 

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