When considering matters like loyalty, respect, honor, graciousness, and being considerate, having the good sense to sympathize and empathize with each other, there tends to be glitches in the 2 way street that those virtues should travel on. It’s amazing how easy we see something done to us as not being nice, and then go and dispense the same thing that just offended us off on somebody else. But hey, we had the right, because it was necessary, and deserved, isn’t that right? Justification is always to our benefit, tailored to fit our every behavior, and most of the time even when it gets revealed to us how inconsiderate something was that we said or did, damage control kicks in for the sake of our pride, and we argue our case like a NYC lawyer. Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death. ¿A slow death is the worst death, and when we lean on our own understanding instead of Gods, all we’re really doing is killing ourselves slowly, while we tell ourselves we’re doing the right thing by defending our unholy behaviors. Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. ¿When we come into a relationship with Christ, His word should come alive in our hearts. God directs us as a teacher does, but does NOT force us to do as He asks, meaning; we can still act foolishly while claiming to be submitted to Him. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes. ¿So how do we come to recognize our hypocrisy? I’d say it’s easy, just submit to the Lord, but it’s not as simple as that, is it? Seeing the truth of ourselves is hard, and it’s an act that never ends! Open your mind into the closet space where pride hangs, and see what needs cleaning out, today. Father, forgive me for my pride, it’s an evil friend that gets me in trouble, and one that I need to disassociate from. In Christ’s name, Amen