Replacing Pride with Humility
I used to think that pregnancy and motherhood after loss and infertility didn’t cause anxiety due to pride. In my own walk on this journey, I have tended to downgrade myself in my anxiety: I think I’m unworthy, I think I’m ill-equipped, I think I’m being punished. None of those lies seem rooted in pride. So I used to think, “I don’t have a problem with pride. I so often think poorly of myself while trying to navigate this struggle, so I’m really humble to a fault.” But the longer I’ve walked this journey, the more I’ve learned about how multi-faceted the concept of “pride” really is. Pride isn’t just an unhealthy elevated opinion of oneself. The definition also includes the unhealthy elevated view of one’s importance. Regardless of why we have this view of importance, it’s considered sinful pride. So when I believe I’m so unworthy and ill-equipped that God can’t extend a blessing to me, that’s pride. When I believe that what I want is more important than wha...