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Humble Pie Recipe

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Let me start with a confession. God has been telling me “think before you speak” my entire life! It all started in elementary school. Every report card read, “Linda talks too much in class.” Honestly, I resented that all my teachers had the same thing to say about me.

In all sincerity, I know I still talk too much even at 39. I cannot help myself, sometimes I get so passionate about what is in my heart that my brain checks out and my mouth runs the show.

I remember a pastor once said, “Your heart could be right, but your mind can be wrong.”  And ever since hearing that revelation God has given me way too many opportunities to live that out in my daily life. As a result I’ve created the perfect recipe for Humble Pie!

All it takes is a heart for Jesus and sprinkle it with a little self-righteousness and voilà, you have Humble Pie my friend.

So what do you do when get that sick humbling reality check after you’ve totally messed up?

Do you shrink? Do you beat yourself up with shame? Do you resent or blame others for your slip-ups? Or do you reach for the truth? God’s honest truth.

Most of the time I do everything BUT search for the truth. I really don’t know why, but I’m naturally more comfortable with resisting the truth.

Psalm 139:4&5 (CEB) reads, “There isn’t a word on my tongue, Lord, that you don’t already know completely. You surround me –– front and back. You put your hand on me.”

When I read this scripture I couldn’t help but shout THANK YOU JESUS! No matter what I say, no matter what!?!, God already knows it. He knows exactly where my heart is and the best part of it all is His hand of blessing is on me no matter what stupid words end up coming out of my mouth.  I don’t know about you, but this scripture shifted my thinking from self-condemnation to possibly self-affirmation.

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(Revised post from 1/28/12)

Recipe for Humble Pie

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The heart of the godly thinks carefully before speaking; the mouth of the wicked overflows with evil words.  Proverbs 15:28

Let me start with a deep confession.  God has been saying to me, think before you speak my entire life!  It all started in elementary school.  Every report card read, “Linda talks too much in class.”  Honestly, I resented that all my teachers had the same thing to say about me.   Sometimes I get so passionate about what is in my heart that my brain checks out and my mouth runs the show.

Recently at my church during the Code Orange Revival one of the guest preachers said something like your heart could be right, but your mind can be wrong.  Well, since hearing that revelation God has given me too many opportunities to live this out in my life and as a result I’ve developed a recipe for Humble Pie!

Take 1 Large Heart for Christ and sprinkle it with a self-righteous mind and you will have the perfect Humble Pie.

I wish I could put a WARNING label on it and say DO NOT EAT.  But the truth of the matter is all of us are just like Adam and Eve.  The enemy convinces us that we do not have a self-righteous mind and we can “…distinguish good from evil!” Genesis 3:5 When we eat a piece of the Humble Pie it will result in heartache.  But the truth of the matter is we all need a piece of the pie from time to time to make sure our heart and mind are in alignment with God’s truth and will for our life.  In order to grow in Christ we have to fall down so as we are standing back up we reach for God to get our balance.  What will you do when you eat a piece of the pie?