Do not think more highly than you ought

Do not think of yourself more Highly than you ought Romans 12:3 This verse came to mind recently while surfing facebook. I found some friends on here and was stalking their friends list ,as i so often do, when a name popped out at me! "Hey! i said, i remember this person. He had a HUGE crush on me!! I am going to write him a little note"

So while deliberating what to say in said note, i started to write " Hey (NAME) ! Do you remember me?" Knowing full well that he would remember me! That all these wonderful memories of me back in our teenage years would come RUSHING through the flood gates of his mind! Overwhelming him with warm wonderful thoughts of me!"

I giggled to myself thinking of how he will feel when he thinks back to those days. I then pushed "send" and awaited his reply. It wasn't long before I received a reply and I quickly opened the inbox message that read "NO sorry I don't remember you. Remind me of who you are again. My memory isn't what it once was"

SMASH....My over inflated ego was just shattered into a million little pieces! and this scripture came to mind. Do not think of yourself more Highly than you ought Romans 12:3 I know this is a twisted version of the scripture but thats what came to mind.

SERIOUSLY??? OUCH!!! Clearly I thought toooooo much of myself. Thought I meant more than i really did! Good lesson in that sense. Another lesson I learned and will teach my children as they grow is that things that seem BIG and important when you are a teenage will be forgotten when you are in your 40's and 50;s. Maybe even before that.

Facebook has put me back in touch with a number of childhood and teen year friends and they will reminisce of how we did. this, or said that and I don't remember always either.

SO good lessons to learn. Do not think more highly of yourself than you ought and don't get hung up on crushes, arguments, incidents because they willl just be a fleeting moment in your life. There will be bigger and better things coming.