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Splinks for November 2nd - November 7th
Pride or Humility?
Sometimes a good way to understand something is to look at its opposite. Pride is the opposite of humility or meekness. It’s easier to recognize pride than it is to see humility. Pride is thinking about myself all the time–my way, my rights, my needs, my, my, my!!!!
To see how much we talk about ourselves, count how many times each person says “I” during dinner.
It’s not wrong to talk about oneself, but it is wrong to have pride and think about yourself too much. Satan’s pride led to his fall from heaven. He said, “I want to be like the most High. I . . . I . . . ” (Isaiah 14:14). He was a beautiful angel until he decided he wanted more; he wanted to be like the one true God. He wanted the worship that belongs only to God.
Read the following statements and ask your kids to tell you if this person is having pride or humility:
I want to be first or I won’t play.
You can pick the TV show you want to watch.
You can go in front of me if you like.
I’m glad you won. You tried hard.
I’m the best!
She doesn’t dress very nice. Don’t play with her.
The team worked together and I’m happy we won.
I get the last piece of dessert!
I don’t have to listen to you. You don’t know anything.
I will help you with your homework, if you like.
Parental Temper Tantrum
Parents, throw a temper tantrum, yelling and arguing over something silly (TV remote?). (It’s mine; my mommy gave it to me. I’m never letting you watching MY TV again! Have fake crying and make exaggerated arguments like your children might.) Your kids will look on wide-eyed and shocked!
Ask:
What did you think about the way I was acting?
Why do you think it was wrong?
Explain that you were just “play-acting,” but fighting to get your own way is NOT showing humility.
Read Philippians 2:1-11 to find out what a humble attitude looks like. (Thinking about others, not being selfish, having love, serving others as Jesus did, being obedient)
Proud as a Peacock
Have you ever heard the phrase “proud as a peacock?”
Why do you think the peacock would be called proud?
Look up facts about the peacock on the Internet for an answer.
Here are some interesting facts:
A peacock (peacock actually refers to the male bird, while females are peahens, and the young are peachicks) is a large, colorful bird known for its beautiful, bright blue and green, iridescent tail.
An adult peacock's train of feathers, or coverts, can be sixty inches long with a wingspan of up to six feet. Peacocks have a crest or crown on the top of their heads that gives them a royal appearance.
Some think the peacock fans out his feathers/train to get the peahens to notice him. The male then does a courtship dance.
According to the Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997), the male peacock's beauty and the way he fans out his train led to its name becoming a synonym for a proud person.
Pride is the opposite of meekness or humility.
What does pride look like in people? (Wanting to be first, wanting to be noticed, wanting its way, thinking you are better than others, etc.)
What does humility look like in people? (Working together, caring about others, serving others, thinking about others more than
