🤓 'KNOW IT ALL!' 🤗

✝️🤦🏻‍♀️ It pains me to type this, but, for the good of whomever this b-post may help, I shall type it anyway!...I used to be a "KNOW IT ALL" (I'll be using "KIA" to represent this - in this post)! 🤷🏻‍♀️ There...it hurt my pride, but, I typed it! 🙋🏻 I didn't realize that I was!  However, the Lord has, providentially and patiently, taken me through, circumstances and situations, throughout my life, to humble me, etc., and to, slowly and gently, make it clear to me that, I was (and, still can be at times - with the "right" triggers - ha!) a "KIA," and that, nevertheless, HE loves me - unconditionally, BUT, doesn't want me to continue being a "KIA!!" 😏🙏🏼✝️ I didn't realize that I was a "KIA," but, I should've, which, is another matter, in which, God is using as part of the humbling process through which HE continues to take me! 😔 I mean, instead of choosing to not come across as a "KIA," I continually chose to let my, pride and ego, overcome - my common sense, and, tried to impress people with what I knew, and/or, what I thought that I knew, and, kept on trying to - prove and/or appear - that I knew it all! 😜 As I examine "WHY" I was a "KIA," it seems as though I really did "think" that I did (know it all), but, it is VERY clear to me, NOW, that, I DID NOT!  I really did desire to know it all!  Many times, I DID possess SOME information about any given subject matter of which being discussed (just not ALL of it)!  Evidently, I also, wanted to impress - the people with whom I was communicating!  Pride was probably another factor, because, I was competing with everyone, by, trying to prove that I knew more than than they did.  So, I was also, too competitive, and, insecure, it seems!  Geeeesh - self examination can prove to be QUITE humiliating, especially whenever, one is blogging about it! 😳 The realization that I was a "KIA" (and, still relapse, every now and then), is also embarrassing!  I do not want to be a "KIA," because, "KIA'S" are annoying!! Ha! 🤣  Therefore, I am consciously trying, and, have been for quite a while, to not be one! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 It wasn't that I came across as a "KIA" all the time, it's just that, many of my vices would become, activated and irritated, whenever, I sensed someone else was sharing something which, could possibly reveal that, I was knowledgeably inferior, concerning certain matters (ones in which I took personally), or competing with me, and, who knows what other reasons activated my "KIA" BUTTON!? HA!! 😩😂 I don't understand exactly why I became a "KIA," because, I wasn't one as a child...humm!!?? 🤔 There are "bookoos" of "KIA'S" in this 🌎 world!  Too bad that, there aren't, as many, or more, sincerely loving people in existence (you might want to ask yourself  which one you are)!? 😘💕 And, I'm not being a "KIA" by suggesting this! Ha! 🤣 Letting go of living up to my "KIA" status to impress everyone is proving to be surprisingly pleasant for me!  I am happier as a result of this! 😃 SO, maybe, IF, you ARE a "KIA," my lesson with this - might help you - to give up being a "KIA," and thus - you might end up being HAPPIER, too!? 😘☺️🙏🏼💕 I, hope and pray, SO!! 😘🙏🏼☺️💕 Therefore, this is my "life tip" for this post (take it or leave it)! 😘 If, you do discover that, you too, have a tendency to be a "KIA," then, you might want to consider letting that go!? 😗 I guarantee that, most likely, you'll enjoy LIFE substantially more!  After all - only GOD is omniscient, and, I often remind myself of this fact! 😘💕 Yesterday and today, I've been fighting the "flu" or a "bug," so, my thinking is somewhat "foggy," so, if, something in which, I write in this post, doesn't make sense, let's blame it on that, okay!? 😉 Frequently, I read the saying..."People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care," and, although, I don't know whom to credit this, saying and/or writing, however, he/she, knows about that which he/she speaks!...TRUTH!!...At least, it surely is true, for me! 😙💗 At my funeral, I certainly don't want it to be said about me, that, "she surely was a "KNOW IT ALL!"...NOW - that's a sobering thought, huh!? 😳🤣😉...Well, do YOU?! 😗🤓🤗🤣 As I went deeper into my, mental and spiritual, examination, of my "KIA" problem, today, I understand that, some of my motivation to appear to "know it all," was/is from a positive motive, of wanting to represent The Lord well!  Therefore, there was/is a "lil" redemptive value in my "KIA'iveness!!" HA!! 🤣😘😘😘 How often in life are our, actions and behavior, mixed with, good and bad, motives and intentions?! 😏 Only The Holy Spirit can perfectly purify our motives, etc., so that, they are, pleasing and glorifying, to HIM!!  And, I am continually trusting The Lord to do this for me! 🙏🏼🕊💞 Here's a bit of humor on the subject - from a pin I am borrowing from 'Pinterest':  "How come people who think they know everything never seem to know when to shut up?!" 🤣🤣🤣 RIGHT?!?! 😂 Reflecting upon my past, I remember some occasions, in which, I offered genuine Christ-like LOVE (in various ways) to people, and, with those times, I had, and have, NO regrets!!  However, I also remember times, whenever, I was a "KIA," and, of having the feelings of - regret, sadness, embarrassment, and the such! 😏 I sincerely desire to learn my lesson from these memories (good and bad), and, choose (one big time, and, over and over again - as often as necessary) to NOT be a "KNOW IT ALL" (KIA), for the glory of God, and, because, I want people to enjoy my company, and, "vice versa," the rest of my life!! ☺️😃😂💖 Yes, I want people to enjoy my company - NOT to be annoyed by it!  I don't want people to feel as though I am competing with them about anything, especially, about - who - in the room - knows the most - about any given topic! 😏 I desire for people to leave my presence, feeling - encouraged, loved, appreciated, esteemed, etc. (for God's glory), and, hopefully, thinking, "she must know Jesus!" 🙏🏼😊✝️💖🕊 In order for me to apply any of these virtues, in which I've written, in "real life," it is imperative that, I study God's Word, pray and meditate - consistently, walk in the spirit, practice what His Word teaches, and the such!! 📖🙏🏼🕊✝️💜 SO, I am now - more determined than ever - to be a "Know Nothinger" (hehehe!! 🤣 just kidding), instead of a "Know it All"...so help me GOD!! 😘🙏🏼📖🕊✝️💜 I really, pray and hope, that, this post has - somehow - helped - someone - somewhere - mainly for the glory of The Lord, and, for humankind's overall sanity (Ha! 😘😂), especially, through the holidays, in which, we presently find ourselves!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼...LET'S relax, and, be determined to enjoy this Christmas season, whether or not, we know the most - in any given situation - or not (to honor Jesus - ROMANS 12:10)!! 😂🎄🙏🏼✝️😘🕊💜...until next post...