Pride and Love
I just have a simple point to make here. Proverbs 11:2 says... When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Pride is a sin. Not the kind of pride where you're proud of a job well done or being proud of your child for bringing home a good report card or something like that, but the kind of pride which prevents you from loving someone or something based on superficial flaws and imperfections. It is better to be humble, but why does this bring wisdom? Because if you are humble, then you are free to love regardless. That's what it means. It means that you won't miss out on something good because of your arrogant pride. You can do things without fear of what others think about you. You can love somebody without fear of what others think about them. You can be happy for somebody else when something good happens to them. You can live the good life in the light of God and man without regret. If you are humble, then those times when your pride would t