Prodigal: Me and Brady are so good at cooking!
Me: I agree, but don’t let it turn to pride.
This is from the book The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis
If thou thinkest that thou knowest many things and understandest them very well; know also that there be far more things which thou knowest not. Be not high-minded, but rather acknowledge thine own ignorance. Why wilt thou prefer thyself before another, since there be found many more learned, and more skilful in the Law than thou art? If thou wilt know or learn anything profitably, love to be unknown, and to be esteemed as naught.
The deepest and the most profitable reading is this, the true knowledge and contempt of ourselves. It is great wisdom and high perfection to esteem nothing of ourselves, and to think always well and highly of others. If thou shouldst see another openly sin, or commit some heinous offence, thou oughtest not to esteem the better of thyself; for thou knowest not how long thou shalt be able to remain in good estate. All of us are frail, but thou oughtest to esteem none more frail than thyself.
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation 4:11
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
