It's improvement time

Snapp Secret... I have nothing to be proud of. There is nothing I've accomplished without a little bit of help. There is nothing I've created without the constant cheerleading of friends and family to keep me going. There is nothing I've done in my life without the help of God. Nothing.

I know it is popular to have pride these days. When I was an elementary teacher the school had the children recite a creed every morning and part of the creed was to pronounce their pride in themselves. As a society we love pride so much that we even have pride festivals. I've gone to these festivals and believe me, pride was there.

I am not always unprideful like I am today. In fact the other day I was SO prideful I almost posted a story about how very smart I am. What a dumb thing to be proud of. I literally roll my eyes as I think about that day and how prideful I was. Even though the only witness to that day was my husband I am still embarrassed by my pride.

Pride is the opposite of loving your neighbor and loving God. Instead pride is loving your own particular competitive edge. Weather your edge being your race, your IQ, your belief system, your adherence to rules, your daughters good manners, your dog's ability to do tricks. It is all a love of one's own competitive edge.

God gave each of us gifts. Some have the gift of literal gift giving, others are creative, some people teach well. We each have been given a gift from God. But God gave us each of these gifts so we may serve him better. No so we can brag to our friends and hang ribbons and display trophies. He gave us each of our talents and gifts to serve him.

That realization alone is what reminds me to stay humble and remember no matter how good I make a pumpkin quilt, or how smart I am, it all is for nothing if I'm not using it to serve Him. And I realize time and time again I'm not serving him very well. I can always do better at that.

Lindsay Snapp

Comments

Why Not Be Kind?

Snapp secret... I think I might be out of the loop with the driving philosophy of the times. I have spent some time on social media lately and I have seen an overwhelming amount of posts directing people to be more selfish and isolated. To put themselves first before all others One such post said " In your 30s you will realize how much of your life was built to please others. It's very important to burn it all down and rebuild it for yourself." This is actually the exact philosophy of the church of satan. I'm not being coy when I say that. I actually have read through their whole philosophy and it is in their belief system to be selfish and not help others. This post, I mention, had thousands of likes and thousands of comments cheering for it. And all I felt when I read it was confused. I spent my youth being very selfish and not pleasing a single person but myself. If someone asked me to make them a meal I would have declined. If someone asked me to teach them how t...

What really is intellect?

Snapp Secret... I always score high on intelligence quotient tests, and I feel they are a terrible test of intelligence. For those of you who have never done an IQ test let me tell you a bit about them. They are tests to determine if you can solve a missing piece of a pattern and determine a correct word. Which is a wonderful test if you want to know if a child will fall in line and do data well. But I argue, intelligence is the ability to create something new. Unfortunately this isn't something any formed test can truly verify you have the ability to do. No, the real test is how time remembers you. Will you be remembered as the person who cured cancer? Will you be remembered as the person who saved the aquifers? Those people are the true genius' of our time. I have taught gifted children, as judged by iq tests, and there is a quality many of them possess. An inability to move on from failure. When they receive their first F they give up on a class. When they are...

The Pain of Forgivness

Snapp Secret... I wish I wasn't such an easy target for people to be disrespectful. My mom and I were talking the other day and she said my whole life it's been as though bullies were attracted to me. Similar to how abusive men have a type, well bullies have a type too. And I'm it. Bullies are drawn to me for the same reason children are drawn to me, because I am way too forgiving. I seem to have no boundaries and allow everyone to walk all over me. Usually instead of my bully saying sorry I will say sorry for setting a boundary. I'm sure you are wondering about examples, well here goes nothing. In high school a boy keyed my car because I wouldn't date him. I apologized to him that I didn't date him. In my 20s I had a woman go to hr to get me fired so that she could get my job. I apologized to her that I had been making so much more money than her. In 3rd grade on the basketball team my team mates would boo me any time I went to shoot the ball in practice. I ...

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