Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. ~ Philippians 2:3 (NLT)
Dear God, it appears that one of the most important ways we show respect to you is by showing respect to the people around us. I like showing respect to you, but find it difficult respecting others. It is especially hard for me to honor those who are self-serving blowhard morons. I'm on the lookout for ways to put such people in their place -- to take advantage of their weak moments to knock them down to size. But that doesn't appear to be my calling. I'm going to leave the humiliation to you. I will honor you by letting you be the only God and judge. Amen.Challenging Words
- blowhard -- a person who likes to hear himself talk, someone who brags, someone who tries to impress others with the way he talks, someone who boasts in an obnoxious way
- moron -- very stupid or foolish person
- put such people in their place -- To put someone in their place is an idiom which describes how a person might say or do something that lets another person know he is not as special, powerful, or important as he thinks he is.
- humiliation -- the action of making someone feel foolish or ashamed, to intentionally embarrass someone