Think About It

Is there anything wrong with being proud of what we do? Is it okay to think that we have the right answers to the challenges being faced? While there are warnings against pride and overconfidence, such as “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before stumbling.” (Proverbs 16:18), I don’t think that being confident in what we are doing and what we believe is wrong. However, I do believe that when we are so partisan in our opinions that we set out to ruin others we have a problem. When we make disparaging remarks against the programs of others or belittle people who disagree with us, we have gone beyond supporting our opinions – at that point our goal is to destroy them and that just isn’t right. Good-spirited debate is one thing, mean-spirited character assassination and intellectual sabotage is dangerous – both to us and them. Let’s trust what we believe, but let’s not take it to the extreme of crushing the ideas and ideals of others. It’s natural to want to supp