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Humble pie does not taste great.

It's hard to eat it, to get it down. It's hard to admit that we're wrong.

It's hard to revise our estimate of ourselves in a downwards direction.

But it sure is good for us.

Sources:
Philippians 2:8 (ESV)

Deuteronomy 8:11-18 (ESV)

Donelson R. Forsyth, "Self-Serving Bias," International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by William A. Darity, 2nd ed. Vol. 7 (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008).

Leanne Payne, Restoring the Christian Soul: Overcoming Barriers to Completion in Christ through Healing Prayer (Ada, Michigan: Baker Books, 1996).

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