Sunday, September 11th

Sunday, September 11th

Proverbs 21:24
24 The proud and arrogant man-"Mocker" is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.
Proverbs 29:22-23
22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins. 23 A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.

Mock (verb):

1. To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride.


2. To mimic, as in sport or derision.


3. To imitate; counterfeit.


4. To frustrate the hopes of; disappoint.


5. To express scorn or ridicule; jeer.

Mock (noun):

1. The act of mocking.


2. Mockery; derision.


3. An object of scorn or derision.


4. An imitation or a counterfeit.

Mock (adj.):

1. Simulated; false; sham

Mock (adverb):

1. In an insincere or pretending manner

Dissension (noun):

1. Disagreement among those expected to cooperate.


2. A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters.

Low (adj.):

1. Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces.


2. Situated or placed below normal height.


3. Situated below the surrounding surfaces.


4. Dead and buried.


5. Humble in status or character; lowly.


6. Depreciatory; disparaging.


7. Brought down or reduced in health or wealth.


8. Relatively small.

Low (adverb):

1. In or to a low position, level, or space.


2. In or to a low condition or rank; humbly.


3. In or to a reduced, humbled, or degraded condition

Overweening (adj.):

1. Presumptuously arrogant; overbearing.


2. Excessive; immoderate.

When I am in my pride, I mock. I taunt others. This is probably the biggest character flaw I still have, at least that I know about. I go to excessive levels of taunting. I beat a dead horse to the absolute grave. I noticed this about a month ago, and I am working on this, it still flares up from time to time, but I know I am making progress. My mocking is mostly the ridicule or jeer type mocking. I jab at someone to a highly excessive level. It’s just wrong. It’s sin, pure and simple. To take the high ground, I need to go low. I need to take the low position. Granted, I don’t need to let myself be walked over, that’s not humility. But the more I study this pride thing out, the more I think about how Jesus, in a way, did let that happen, at least on everything but the topic of God, children, and the church. Everything else, he dealt with a lowly manner. When I included the definitions of low, I there were so many, I think that I can get myself confused as to which lowly I am supposed to use. They are all not bad to look at, and I think in a way, they can all apply to what the scripture is saying. “A man's pride brings him death, but a man humble in status or character gains honor.” This was something I saw when I was looking at the definitions… I could sit here all day and play with the definitions. I don’t know. It’s just something that really makes me think of my walk with God and just another way I make an improvement to be closer to him. Johnny Out.

P.S. Happy Birthday Marvin. I wanted to be at your party but too many responsibilities kept us from it. Happy 40th Birthday, I hope and pray for many more for you, your wife, and especially for your children.