Pride Comes Before a Fall

One Sunday, when Big Daddy and I had just begun attending the church we now go to regularly, we were visiting the young marrieds Sunday school class. Because we had been teachers at our old church in CT and had been very involved, I wanted to make sure that people we met understood that Big D and I were not new to the bible...(it's a pride thing, I know). Anyway, the young marrieds class had been learning the differences between men and women and how they can effect a marriage. To help the couples remember that they each had different needs, a word was given and each letter in that word represented a need. So lets say the word was "love", 'l' might stand for "loyalty".

After the lesson they divided up the couples and sort of gave a pop quiz on what the letters meant. I got super psyched. I knew this would be our time to shine and impress people with our mad bible skills. Heck, I had even taken notes, I knew I would have whatever answer they needed. When asked what the letter 'R' stood for concerning men, I quickly shouted "RESPECT!" I was very proud of myself. I just knew we were going to get asked to teach our own class soon and people would begin wondering how they manged so long without our help. I knew that if Big Daddy answered a question we would blow everyone away. After all, he is a lot smarter than me and I knew he had to have the right answer. Then when they turned and asked the men what the letter 'E' stood for concerning women, I saw Big D's hand shoot into the air...yesssss, it would be over soon, soon we would be the smartest couple in the class....with a burst of enthusiasm and pride I heard him shout "EXORCISM!" Yeah, he said that the letter 'E' stood for exorcism when it comes to the needs of women. Yep! Pride always comes before a fall!!!!