Boasting or Modesty

Sometimes the commercials are more interesting than the programs.  One such commercial is about two men obviously boasting about their surgeries.

We all know people who boast about their home, car, boat, vacations, jewelry. You get the point.

Sometimes boasting or bragging can backfire...as in this story:  A very wealthy lady was showing her new maid all the rooms in her fabulous home and the wall-to-wall furniture.  As she continued boasting she said to her maid:  "This dining room suite goes all the way back to Louis, the Fourteenth.  The maid replied:  "Well lady, you don't have nothing on me.  My whole living room suite goes back to Sears & and Roebuck on the thirteenth.

Modesty (humility) is not a weak and timid quality, it must however be carefully distinguished from a weak spirit.

Even though boasting (pride) is one of the seven deadly sins, there is such a thing as a honest pride and self-respect.

Old Sayings:
   The empty vessel makes the greatest sound. (Shakespeare)
   Never cackle until the egg is laid.
   The bigger a man's head gets, the easier it is to fill his shoes.
   "We sure shook that bridge," the mouse said to the elephant after
   the had crossed the bridge.
   If you wish people to speak well of you, then do not speak of yourself.

The more humble a person is before God, the more he will be exalted.

"The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honor."  Proverbs 15:33 RSV