Thursday's Thought

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Honest Self-Appraisal

     Haughtiness is not an attractive trait and it certainly is not in accord with the spirit of Christ. Thinking too highly of oneself makes one of little use to anyone. A haughty attitude should be avoided at all cost.

     Also, self-deprecation is not an attractive trait. While seeking to avoid being haughty, one should not swing the pendulum to the opposite extreme. Considering oneself worthless and devoid of any value is equally useless. Unwittingly, a person may use self-abasement as a ploy to have others boost his or her self-image: "I'm no good ," and "I'm worthless," beg for a response of, "No you're not!"

     What is needed is a fair and balanced appraisal of self: a healthy self-appraisal. Looking at one's good qualities as well as one's faults. The scriptures do not forbid thinking highly of oneself (when justified), only "more highly than ought."

For through the grace given to me I say to every man among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

Romans 12:3

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