A Prayer for the Gift of Humility By Emily Rose Massey “But he gives more grace. Therefore, it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6, ESV). After my freshman year of college, I transferred schools, ditched my plans to become an English teacher, and switched my major to theatre performance instead. My love for theater and acting became my means of escaping the reality that I loathed who I had become, so as an actress, I could just be someone else. The spotlight made me feel so good! My pride caused me to become the center of my own universe. I would attempt to prove that I was worthy of love by my talents and good looks, trying to fill the emptiness inside even more, but it only made it worse. I reached a point where I stopped trying to “do better” and “be better.” Instead, I chose to live in my pit of sin and pride and made plans to run away to Los Angeles to become an actress to pursue my “calling and purpose” and prove to the world my worth, talent, beauty, and charm. |
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