Pride

“Pride is a very misunderstood sin, and many are sinning in ignorance.” (Ezra Taft Benson)

This quote from President Benson left me thinking about the many times I have committed this sin of “pride” maybe unconsciously, perhaps knowing that I have been proud.

Not only in my daily life, but also in my marriage. I was thinking about how many times I have been angry with my husband for some nonsense reason and out of pride I did not want to fix things at that moment, but I would wait until I got the appropriate time according to me. I also could apply President Benson’s quote to my life when he says. “Pride is without that can be seen in others but it is rarely admitted in ourselves.” Because I have come to think that the proud one is not me, but the other person, just thinking about it makes me a prideful person.” I have always avoided being pride, however, by studying this week’s class, especially President Benson’s talk, alerted me to be more careful in my actions and thoughts about pride. Other quotes from president Benson that I would like to highlight is when he says “The proud depend on the world to tell them if they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough. Pride is ugly.” It says, “If you succeed, I am a failure.”

If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men’s, we will have self-esteem.”

Because we constantly see how our natural man seeks to please our own ego, thinking about what others will say or think about me.

We often see that pride manifests itself constantly in marriage. One of the most common things we see in marriages around the world is everyone thinks about their own well-being and not about well-being as a couple. When we are humble, we think first of how I can make my spouse happy, and not, how my spouse can make me happy. I believe that if we put this into practice, we can leave the pride aside and be happy in our marriage and live according to what our Heavenly Father expects from us.