I got glasses for the first time ever, inevitable really everyone in my immediate and extended family wears glasses, I'm just lucky that I lasted until 26 before I needed them. I when I picked out the frames both Sam and Mom were brought along as fashion consultants, so I know that both pairs of new glasses are stylish and look good.
Despite that when I picked up my glasses last Friday, I put them on then went to Sears to buy Mom new bed sheets for Mother's Day and felt ridiculously self conscious walking through the mall. The whole time I was thinking, I 26, I'm a grown woman, I know they look good, this is so stupid, I shouldn't feel like this ... it was a painful growing experience. (I'm never getting braces I don't think I could handle the emotional scarring!)
It's been an eye opening experience proving that even though I don't think of myself as a vain person, I am concerned with my appearance and what others will think of me. I do knowingly struggle with a fear of judgement, I worry about what other people think about the silliest, smallest things and worry that they'll remember I did that. I know it's irrational and that I don't react to others in a judgmental way and I don't remember the little things they've done wrong, but never the less it's one of my greatest emotional sins and struggles. Pride is a large component on this sin, I like to be right, and it is a struggle daily to accept when I am wrong and admit to my mistakes. Lord I lay my fears and pride at your feet and put my trust in you to lead my heart, mind and tongue in overcoming these sins.
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18
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