SPIRITUAL PRIDE FAILS
A young college girl returned home for Christmas after only one semester in a large midwestern university. It had been a very difficult time for her both academically and socially. Her grades were below par and she had been placed on academic probation. Coming from a protective conservative environment, totally surrounded by church people, she had no knowledge of the looseness, the worldly sophistication of the moderns that populate our cities. Lonely and afraid of peer rejection, she fell for a number of sinful temptations that went against her moral convictions. She made an appointment with her minister one morning shortly after returning home. She struggled with herself wondering how to get out the words of confession and her cry for help. When she arrived at the church office the pastor invited her in. “How’s our pride and joy?” he inquired warmly. “It will be good to hear how you’ve gotten along.” “I’m a mess,” she blurted. “Between liquor and sex,…
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