Introduction: What Is Pride? One New Year’s Sabbath, we were asked to write down prayer requests for the year, what we’d like God to do for us that year. I sat there, wondering, “Now what do I write?” Then one request came to mind: “Lord, make me humble.” It felt like such a bold and rather unique thing to ask. Not health, not financial success—just humility. I scribbled the words down, folded the paper, and placed it in the prayer box, not realizing then what that prayer would cost me. God, in His grace, answered that prayer—just not in the […]
