John 5:44 Jesus asks, "How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?"
When a proud man hears another praised, he thinks himself injured.
English proverb
Abstinence from pride is like pulling up a window shade: it gives me a view of my real problems. I see a willful child, wanting to be first, to be best, to be noticed and praised. When I hear a good word for someone else, I have not outgrown the cry, "What about me?" I feel so unloved I need it all.
Let me take steps now to face my defect of pride and use it as an incentive to grow. Then I can be free of competitiveness and share in the joy of someone else's virtues and strengths.
For today: I do not compare myself with anyone but, rather, appreciate each of us for what we are. That is the true harmony of the world.
Galatians 1:10
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.