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Boast 根據字義,與 Pride 有如連體嬰,脫不了關係。

–verb (used without object)
1. to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself.
2. to speak with pride (often fol. by of ): He boasted of his family's wealth.

–verb
(used with object)
3. to speak of with excessive pride or vanity: He boasts himself a genius.
4. to be proud in the possession of: The town boasts a new school.

–noun
5. a thing boasted of; a cause for pride: Talent is his boast. It is her boast that she has never betrayed a friend.
6. exaggerated or objectionable speech; bragging: empty boasts and threats.

是當我們心中有了驕傲的念頭、看自己比別人優越的情緒之後,不由得就說出了自高與自誇的話語。

對一個自然人/平凡人來說,這一課不僅很難,還充滿模糊弔詭的陷阱,比方說我們去看一個小孩子,一個還沒有太被世俗化的小孩子,當別的孩子跟他說我爸爸是個呼風喚雨的大官喔,他很可能會想也不想地回答我爸是比你爸更厲害的科學家。

在自尊與自我建立的過程中,自信與驕傲、謙卑與自卑往往僅有一線之隔,有時候我會覺得,神對祂的兒女擁有一套比較高的道德標準,但其實,神只是希望我們「平衡」而已,這個平衡不僅用在對自我的認知也用在與他人的相處上,無論是心態,或是言行舉止,都要避免過與不及。使徒保羅在羅馬書第 12 章第 3 節寫到:「我憑著所賜給我的恩典,對你們各人說,不可自視太高,高於所當看的,反而應該照著神分給各人信心的大小,看得合乎中道。」(3 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 accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.)

另外在哥林多前書第 10 章,使徒保羅談到「基督徒的自由」時,他寫道:「凡事都可做,但不是都有益處。凡事都可做,但不是都能造就人。」( 23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.) 原本這段保羅是想告訴基督徒什麼食物都可以吃,但為了別人著想,若有些行為會絆倒一些不信、或信心較軟弱的人的話,那麼基督徒就應該克制自己。

起初神創造萬物時,是憑著口說,神也一再提醒,往往我們嘴裡說的話,是出自於心裡的所思所想,而話語本身是有能力的,帶有創造或毀滅的力量,一句話可以殺傷人,也可以造就人。

而自誇、吹噓、出自於驕傲的話,也許我們無心要貶低別人抬高自己,但別人卻很有可能當了真、受了刺激,因此,為了愛的緣故,我們要管好自己的舌頭,非禮勿言吧。

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