Pride attempts to hide
The brokenness
That it feels inside.
Humility sets aside
All pretense
So it can side
With honesty
And truth.

Pride is a cover-up,
A mask to hide
What’s really
Going on inside
Hurting human hearts.

In order to heal
We need to be real
And humbly reveal
The pain that we feel.
When we show anger
And arrogance,
People resist.
When we let them
See our pain,
They want to assist
And help us gain
Healing and peace.

Pride isn’t good for mental health because although we may impress others, deep down we know that our boasting is just a sham. Arrogance makes accurate analysis difficult. Pride doesn’t like people to question or doubt its claims. Humility welcomes questions without clouding the air with defensiveness.

When we surrender to inner enemies that try to dominate and control us, we give up our free will and become a puppet to desires. Perhaps the hardest act of humility is to admit to being arrogant and to ask for forgiveness.

Honesty, modesty, and courtesy have become a rarity in a world that urgently needs to face reality with sanity. If you will speak or write from a place of tenderness in your heart, you’ll learn a lot about what’s really going on inside you.

Pride keep us from seeing our sinfulness. Humility allows us to see our great need for God’s mercy and forgiveness.