Pride in the Fall of man.

It is with my most humble regards that I say to you that I am a fallen man. I don't take pride in my absurdity but rather rejoice that I am still am man of conscience and least I say faith, unless I too perish with the thought that I am somebody of substance, and suffer the fate of my countryman. There is allot I can talk about but words are cheap in a time like this, so may I say that my heart goes out to all of you who like me, have been drawn into a world and a time that takes no reference of the unfortunate of heart. Let me swallow my soul for a moment and say that without the comforts of a home, someone to love and good music to listen to and sing along with, I would be a most peculiar man obsessed with the sadness that comes to every soul who thinks that it is in their pride that they find relief. I think I have been saved from that and with the word of God as my source I believe you can be saved from that too.

I don't delight in my own self abasement, for that would be foolish. But I do delight in the God who longs to work through me to remove my pride. How he does that is not up to me, I have to be willing to let him I think at times, and even when I am stubborn, he has a way of bringing me back to himself, lest I too perish. I write this not to insist on my own way, but to recognise that God has a way of using those who's pride has been shattered, and like a master builder he longs to create something of our abased frame, in hope and in love. God do this for me. In Jesus Name.

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