{"id":1193,"date":"2009-04-19T17:45:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T09:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2009-04-19T17:45:49","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T09:45:49","slug":"on-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/on-humility\/","title":{"rendered":"On humility"},"content":{"rendered":"

I must confess that it’s not an easy lesson.<\/p>\n

For it bruised my pride, and i’ve to face up with my own weaknesses.<\/p>\n

However, God is so good.<\/p>\n

He’s already prepared in advance. For the words before that were:<\/p>\n

“An enemy multiply kisses, but a friend honest rebuke”. Again<\/p>\n

“Correction and instruction, to gain wisdom”<\/p>\n

So the option left for me, to \u00a0swallow the bitter pill … or deny it and live as it never happened.<\/p>\n

Thanks the Lord too, who says that “gain wisdom, with all your have, gain understanding….more precious than silver and choice of gold”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I must confess that it’s not an easy lesson. For it bruised my pride, and i’ve to face up with my own weaknesses. However, God is so good. He’s already prepared in advance. 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