Don’t Be Arrogant
“Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.” Ezekiel 16:49
Helen Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. She lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness at the age of 19 months. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of 7 when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan, who taught her language, including reading and writing; Anne’s first lessons involved spelling words on Helen’s hand to show her the names of objects around her. She also learned how to speak and to understand other people’s speech.
After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, she attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She worked for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) from 1924 until 1968, during which time she toured the United States and traveled to 35 countries around the globe advocating for those with vision loss.
She said the following about the senses: “I found that of the senses, the eye is the most superficial, the ear the most arrogant, smell the most voluptuous, taste the most superstitious and fickle, touch the most profound and the most philosophical.”
The Lord desires us to be humble, not arrogant and proud. Confess to God any sin of pride and arrogance and humbly seek the Lord with all of your heart.
“The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.” – Psalm 5:5