Past Sunday at our home church we learned about the "pride cycle" in the Book of Mormon.
We talked about how the Nephites were so blessed and prosperous because of their righteousness, until they became prideful because of their prosperity and started being wicked.
Heavenly Father would allow them to suffer, then the people would repent and humble themselves, start prospering again, and the cycle would repeat itself.
We discussed how nowadays sometimes we are caught up in this same cycle of pride, and what we can do to recognize it and humble ourselves.
Then I shared a thought from Elder Uchtdorf's talk Pride and the Priesthood:
"When we see the world around us through the lens of the pure love of Christ, we begin to understand humility.
Some suppose that humility is about beating ourselves up. Humility does not mean convincing ourselves that we are worthless, meaningless, or of little value. Nor does it mean denying or withholding the talents God has given us.
We don't discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves. It come as we go about our work with an attitude of serving God and our fellowman.
Humility directs our attention and love toward others and to Heavenly Father's purposes. Pride does the opposite. Pride draws its energy and strength from the deep wells of selfishness. The moment we stop obsessing with ourselves and lose ourselves in service, our pride diminishes and begins to die."
Then later, the girls wanted to watch a movie. We watched the two-hour “Once I was a Beehive”, which I really recommend. It is super cute.
