pride

Cedar Walls and Nail-Scarred Hands

I built my walls of cedar pride,Convinced His temple could abide“Another day, another year,”While I chased dreams I held too dear. I called it wisdom, patient, wise—To keep my comforts, guard my skies.But underneath my careful schemes,My altar gathered dust and dreams. Then in the quiet, whispers came,A holy grief, a gentle flame:“If not now,…
When God Teaches a Proud Heart to Bow: A Study in Daniel 4

There is a reason Daniel 4 reads like no other chapter in Scripture. It is the testimony of a once-pagan king who learned—through a long, humiliating wilderness—that the Most High truly reigns. His own words summarize the lesson: “those that walk in pride he is able to abase” (Daniel 4:37). If the great monarch of…

Cedar Walls and Nail-Scarred Hands