Pride part 1

It’s really so simple. Pride is the greatest sin. Because it makes us and not God responsible for our fortunes. And when we try to make it on our own, we suffer in one way or another. This is what’s important here: we are the ones that suffer from our pride. It’s easy to see this, when we see that we cannot do for ourselves, what God can do for us. We can only accomplish cheap imitations and trick ourselves into believing that it’s something magnificent. We were created to be beloved servants and not rulers or creators, except for when God truly rules and creates through us. And when he does, our ruling and creating is in itself nothing but servitude. As soon as we give ourselves credit, seek power for our own sake or seek the praise of others, we suffer. We suffer because we defy the will of God. But God is not the one that causes us to suffer. We suffer because we act against our own interest, which is something that we would see if we saw things from God’s perspective. We suffer because our attitude and actions are disharmonious.