Key Bible Verse: And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? (Matthew 7:3). Bonus reading:Matt. 7:1–6

So how'd your morning work go?" my wife, Lisa, asked me.

"I lost a good bit of it," I shrugged. "My computer crashed."

She looked at me with astonishment. "I can't believe you're taking it so well."

"I've written by hand and I've written on computers. Over the long run, computers have saved me a lot of time. I can't complain if they take a little time back now and then."

"But your attitude," Lisa said. "I think I'd be furious!"

As Lisa left the room, I thought, She's right. Instead of ranting and raving, I just accept it and move on. That's how Christ would respond.

Later that same day, I forgot to do something I was supposed to do. Lisa was upset. I began to judge her. I have this great attitude, I told myself, but Lisa's is awful. Why can't she roll with the punches like I do? Being the one with the mature attitude, I felt it was my duty to lecture her on how rotten hers had become.

That evening God zeroed in on my pride. Lisa's compliment had gone to my head. Relationally, few things are so obnoxious as self-righteousness. Spiritually, few things are so injurious, even lethal, as pride.

My Response: Are there men in my life willing to call me out when I get haughty?

Thought to Apply: Has God forgotten all I have done for Him?