Kid’s Quest Greeter Update
January 24/25
Weekly News
Saturday 1A Move Change!- There is a change of plans for the Saturday Elementary move to 1A. The move date has been pushed back until January 31st. All the details are still the same, the classrooms will now move a week later. Sorry for all the confusion.
Key Tag Replacement- We are no longer charging a $1 for lost key tags. Parents may fill out a replacement envelope for a new key tag, but do not need to include any money.
Weekly Devotional
There is nothing I hate more than feeling like a child. I grew up with two sisters, 10 and 12 yrs older than me, so you can image that every time they did something fun I had to hear the words “you’re too young.” I have grown to resent those words, and more than the words, the feeling of being younger than everyone else. For years I tried to refute it by saying that I was grown up enough and was able to handle adult situations.
So, it should be no surprise to me when I resent being corrected and harbor bitter feelings towards “learning a lesson.” Ok, I know what you’re thinking… “woah, pride check Erin!…” and that’s exactly the problem. Pride is a terrible thing to loose your grip on. It can be such a hindrance and not to mention, make you look like a fool. It is pride that keeps us from learning from those older and wiser than we are. It is pride that keeps us from growing and gaining knowledge of our Savior.
The tricky thing with pride is that we tend to make excuses for its existence without realizing we’re just disguising our pride. We refuse to acknowledge that we are the ones at fault. We can chalk it up to being “mistreated, condemned, judged, humiliated etc. “ all the while, we are the ones lacking in the humility to admit when we were wrong and needed correction. But God is clear on his feelings regarding pride, and they are not light and fuzzy feelings. In fact, he says it leads to destruction and disgrace, as long as accompanying many more unpleasant behaviors.
Pride has ruined nations, kings, leaders, marriages, and friendships, just to name a few. It can make even the strongest leader weak and the smartest man ignorant. It is a deadly poison that needs to be constantly kept in check. I encourage you to pray for awareness of this in your life. Pray for the ability to see pride a mile away and to avoid it and humble yourself before the Lord. Pride is as sneaky as can be and, like a fire, if not controlled will burn everything in it’s path. As far as I’m concerned, I will take the little bit of embarrassment or fear we experience with humility over destruction any day! I pray God always reveals to me my selfish pride so I am able to quickly allow him to change my view of a prideful situation and humble myself to his teaching.
When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2