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Let's keep our pride in check //Vamos manter nosso orgulho sob controle


 

“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble” 1 Peter 5:5.

 

I see how hard this is for the young generation. It seems to me that the more time passes the harder this has become. 

I see it very close to me. But I might say that the elderly sometimes have a hard time submitting to someone younger than them. 

The verse is very clear to me: submit to one another. It does not matter the age, the social ranking. What matters is that you must consider yourself less, you should be humble. Peter says, “Be clothed with humility”. In the life of a Christian person should not have space for pride.

 

We should be checking up on ourselves daily to see what time we let our pride get in the way of our good behavior.


Even so, when we are right, we should be humble and accept whatever is coming. Humility does not come easily. It is not natural. We are not raised to be humble. We are raised to be the first, to be better than…, our voices should be heard. 

The sentence in fashion now is: “It is my life.”

I say, indeed it is. 

But I am sorry to say, if this life of yours, is really yours,  then there is no place for Jesus to be the commander of it, is there?

I don’t remember saying to my mother “It is my life” if I ever said that I should have repented within the hour. Because surely I was doing something that soon enough, I was going to regret it. 

God gives us parents, pastors, and elder people to warn, admonish, and rebuke us. It doesn’t matter if we like what they are saying or not. They have lived longer than us. Life doesn’t get that different just because we are in the 21st century. The problems are still the same. The decisions, the relationships, and the jobs are still the same. Why should we give no ear to them? They have seen them all already.

 

I felt so relieved when another day I told my mother about a doubt, and she gave me an answer based on her experience even though her career had nothing to do with mine, she knew about the problem. 

 

Everybody one day will get older and will have something wise to say to some young. Everybody has had a life where they have learned by getting right or wrong, I am sure they have learned a lesson.

 

The elder should submit to the younger for the sake of the relationship, and for the sake of his/her pride. For the sake of obedience to God. For the sake of loving one another. 

And sometimes, the young might know something that the elder does not. 

 

I have noticed that even though I am a young adult, I am not 20 years old anymore. Therefore my body isn’t the same. However, my mind for some reason not often realize that. Do you see where I am going? The grandma and the grandpa may be still in a good spirit, very much sane, but not very much strong as they used to be. And they should accept the help, the advice of the young people.

 

Let’s always keep our pride in check because it can mess with relationships. 

For the sake of Jesus and obedience to Him and the love of God we must submit to one another and crush this pride of ours. 

 

“Da mesma forma, vocês mais jovens, submetam-se ao mais velho. Sim, sede todos sujeitos uns aos outros e revestidos de humildade; porque Deus resiste aos orgulhosos e dá graça aos humildes” 1 Pedro 5:5.

 

Vejo como isso é difícil para a geração mais jovem. Parece-me que quanto mais o tempo passa, mais difícil isso se torna.

Eu vejo isso muito perto de mim. Mas posso dizer que os idosos às vezes têm dificuldade em se submeter a alguém mais jovem que eles.

O versículo é muito claro para mim: submetam-se uns aos outros. Não importa a idade, a classificação social. O que importa é que você deve se considerar menos, deve ser humilde. Pedro diz: “Revesti-vos de humildade”. Na vida de um cristão não deve haver espaço para o orgulho.

 

Deveríamos nos verificar diariamente para ver em que momentos deixamos nosso orgulho atrapalhar nosso bom comportamento.


Mesmo assim, quando estamos certos, devemos ser humildes e aceitar o que quer que esteja por vir. A humildade não vem facilmente. Não é natural. Não fomos criados para ser humildes. Fomos criados para ser os primeiros, para sermos melhores que…, as nossas vozes devem ser ouvidas.

A frase que está na moda agora é: “É a minha vida”.

Eu digo, de fato é.

Mas lamento dizer, se esta sua vida é realmente sua, então não há lugar para Jesus ser o comandante dela, não é?

Não me lembro de ter dito à minha mãe “Esta é a minha vida” e se alguma vez disse, devo ter me arrependido dentro de uma hora. Porque certamente eu estava fazendo algo que em breve iria me arrepender.

Deus nos dá pais, pastores e idosos para nos alertar, admoestar e repreender. Não importa se gostamos ou não do que eles dizem. Eles viveram mais do que nós. A vida não fica tão diferente só porque estamos no século XXI. Os problemas ainda são os mesmos. As decisões, os relacionamentos e os trabalhos ainda são os mesmos. Por que não deveríamos dar-lhes ouvidos? Eles já viram todos eles.

 

Fiquei tão aliviada quando outro dia contei uma dúvida para minha mãe, e ela me deu uma resposta baseada em sua experiência, embora sua carreira não tivesse nada a ver com a minha, ela sabia do problema.

 

Todo mundo um dia envelhecerá e terá algo sábio a dizer a alguns jovens. Todo mundo tem tido uma vida em que aprendeu acertando ou errando, tenho certeza de que aprendeu uma lição.

 

O mais velho deve submeter-se ao mais novo por causa do relacionamento e por causa do seu orgulho. Por uma questão de obediência a Deus. Para amarmos uns aos outros.

E às vezes, os jovens podem saber algo que os mais velhos não sabem.

 

Percebi que mesmo sendo uma jovem adulta, não tenho mais 20 anos. Portanto meu corpo não é o mesmo. No entanto, minha mente, por algum motivo, nem sempre percebe isso. Você vê para onde estou indo? A avó e o avô podem ainda estar de bom humor, muito sãos, mas não tão fortes como costumavam ser. E deveriam aceitar a ajuda, os conselhos dos jovens.

 

Vamos sempre manter nosso orgulho sob controle porque ele pode atrapalhar os relacionamentos.

Por causa de Jesus, da obediência a Ele e do amor de Deus, devemos nos submeter uns aos outros e esmagar esse nosso orgulho.

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