Proverb 15:25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

Today as I sit down to write I am thinking back to Sunday school and a comment made during class. I made a comment about past attitudes and behaviors. I did not frame it to be my behavior but common behavior. Then this comment was made.

“That’s arrogant.”

Today I can see the possibility that this comment might have been directed at me. It was after all about my past behavior. The old insecure and still arrogant man I was would have immediately taken a defensive posture, perhaps even striking back. I can even now see the looks of the eyes of others in the room and wonder if they had seen it that way. But then I did not.

In that place of security of the believers I did not see it. God framed my window, restricting my ability to see things any other way. The conversation Sunday was not hindered by pride, it flowed with grace and enlightenment. None of that would have happened if I had taken offense.

It would be arrogant of me to take credit for this change in me, after all today I can see the alternative. There still lies within me the capacity for error even if the inclination is towards right behavior. Praise God for the work of His hand. Praise God for the correcting nature of His Word. Praise God for the thirst I have to read and consume His Word.

Praise God in all things, even if you do not recognize His hand for three days.