Day 12

 

The Argument

 

"Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice."

 

Proverbs 13:10 

 

I was arguing with my parents again. I don't know what it was about. I was in college and free to do just about anything I pleased. I was a good kid and not getting into any kind of trouble or doing things I wasn't supposed to do. I still chafed at my parent's authority though they seldom tried to exert it. We argued about my hair (long, as in hippie long) and one of my girlfriends (turned out they were right about her).

 

Like I said, I don't even know how this argument got started, but it had taken a bizarre twist. Somehow it had got to the point where I was claiming I could beat Billie Jean King in tennis. I know that's crazy, but that was my story and I was sticking to it. The truth was I had played tennis about 3 times in my life. I could not beat Billie Jean King. I could not have beaten Martin Luther King, but I was not going to back down.

 

Then my father said something I'll never forget. "Your problem is you are too proud." As soon as he said it I knew it was true. There was nothing I could say, he was right.

 

That argument stopped and there were no others. It was my pride that started all of them, and when I kept that in check they went away.

 

Upon Further Review:

 

Read Daniel 4:4-37

 

• What was Nebuchadnezzar's dream?
• How did Daniel interpret the dream?
• What was it that triggered the dream into becoming a reality?
• What brought sanity back to Nebuchadnezzar?