The Chibi News Daily Reflection
Hi, my name is Mark and I'm a vicar at St Oswald's and St Chad's, which is part of the Church of England up on Teesside
So I once worked with this bloke, right, who I realised after knowing for a while, he was the greatest listener I'd ever met
And when I was reflecting on this, I think the reason he was so good at listening was because he didn't really care about himself
Like he wants to hear from you. He was genuinely interested in what you had to say
Now the opposite is true as well. The people who only care about themselves are terrible listeners
terrible conversationists and all around boards. Pride, that terrible sin of self-absorption, is deeply unattractive
And once it's taken root, it's hard to get rid of. After all, if you're so great, why should you change
Why be different when you're perfect as you are? but as a Christian I think there's an even greater danger from pride than just being an unchanging
bore a party in Psalm 10 the author says these words in their pride the wicked don't seek God
in all their thoughts there's no room for him the psalmist is saying that people are so self-absorbed
they won't even turn to look up to God until they miss out on him I truly believe as someone who
follows God that that's the worst thing they could do but by missing out on God they miss
on everything they could want or need