PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION

I do not know who the girl is.  But she

is a whole lot better looking than my

self.  And, she looks like a proud girl.

The Scriptures say;

"Pride goes before destruction,

and haughtiness before a fall."

(Proverbs 16:18 NLT)

I have no idea how many times I have 

seen pride make a person fall.  But I just

wanted to share one with you.

Years ago while working for an auto

dealership it sold out to a new owner

and of course changed names etc.

I was working in the parts dept. at that

time and do not know why but was wanting

to see the new business card of the man in

charge of the parts dept.  [He was a fellow

Christian and a great guy.]

When his new business card came out it

was so overbearing with the name of the

new owner that it was even hard to know

who the card was for.  The pride of the new

owner showed up on the card in an over 

powering manner.

When I was looking at the business card

something went all over me.  It almost

made me nervous.  I was acquainted with

the truth quoted above and knew the 

business could not last.

You know what happened, it was only

four or five years until the business

collapsed.

God's word is still true in every way.

PS.

After writing the above I decided to check

up on the owner mentioned above.

[He was a fine man.  I would work for him

again.]. But when looking at his account on

FaceBook over several years all I could

find was pictures of himself in different

situations.  His pride puts him in a very

small world.