TV's and learning

I feel like a fraud.  When I start to understand more about who God is and what He has for my life, I get prideful.  I begin to see right through the planks in my own eye.  Pride is the most destructive thing for us.  What else is sin but pride; thinking that our way is better than God's way?  We commit idolatry every time we sin; we put ourselves on the throne rather than God.  When pride creeps in, you don't notice it. It feels good to have some things figured out.  And because I love my neighbor, I want to speak the truth in love.  But then I begin to love myself.  Galatians 6:1 tells us to restore those who are in sin, but to be careful because we will be tempted.  Well, I got a swift kick in the pants yesterday by my wife making me realize that I don't have everything figured out.  Remember what I wrote about yesterday about husbands and men?  I still have a lot to learn about it, and thank God that He has chosen to reveal even this much to me.  I will (try to) remain humble and know that I'm no better than anyone else, only by the grace of God have such truths been revealed to me.  When my pride inflates again, I know I can trust in my wife to help me remember that I actually deserve death (Rom. 6:23) but I've received grace and mercy, been made alive, and can now follow God and understand His truths.

On a lighter note, we got a new tv the other day.  It rocks the house.  If you didnt know, we've only had one tv since January...this 13" tube that sits in our room with no cable and no remote.  Well, we decided that we needed one for the living room (no living took place in it before, but that will change now).  So we got a 42" Panasonic plasma HDTV...sweet, huh?  You are all invited to bask in the glory of the glow of the television sometime and enjoy a movie with us.

I'm out like a fat kid at first...