OVER THE YEARS I HAVE DEVELOPED QUITE A TASTE for Humble Pie. It is most definitely an acquired taste. Your first bite into the crust can be quite overpowering for the taste buds, but I have discovered that when you finish the piece of pie there is a lovely sweet aftertaste.
There is another pie that we often like to sink our teeth into, and that is Pride Pie. It is a pie that tastes oh so sweet at first bite, but once swal-lowed it turns to bitterness in your stomach.
The Apostle Peter learned to develop a taste for Humble Pie through-out the time he walked with the Master. And even as he led the church in its formative days he had to take a bite or two of that pie. Maybe that is what he was talking about when in his first letter he wrote, “Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, un-der God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” (1 Peter 5:5-6)
I suppose the best thing would be to not have to eat either pie, but rather to live as the Apostle Paul directed the church, “For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accor-dance with the measure of faith God has given you.” (Romans 12:3)
A lot of arguments, disagreements and misunderstandings would be alleviated if we would all just take time to see others as more important than ourselves, and seek to build up rather than tear down. In reality, it is the very way our Lord lived, and are we not to let Him live thusly through us?
Care for some ice cream with that pie?