Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Spiritual Snack of the Day ~ Pride according to C.S. Lewis, & Cindy

"The essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea-bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind." ~ (C. S. Lewis)
My favorite doll, Cindy, from childhood: Not much to look at on the outside...certainly not much to be puffed up about within the world of dolls wherein existed in stores such as Barbie and the like, but Cindy had a heart of the stuffing that counts. She embodied in her simple ragdollhood, lessons of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. (Galatians 5:22.) Not a lot of pride had she, but certainly a lot of lessons of virtue in her "you have to look inside because the outside's not much". I loved her dearly. Still do. :)