by L.J. Pugh

Created on: January 31, 2010   Last Updated: February 05, 2010

The Bible is a tool for learning to live a life that God and Jesus intended for us.  It is as applicable today as it was when the Old Testament’s teachings and stories were provided and then even further provided for in the New Testament and the teachings of Jesus.  In both testaments, there is God’s need for us, his children, to be full of love, tolerance, humility, patience, and faith.  Jesus lived his life as an example for us to follow.  If we leaned more on his teachings today, and that of  Bible, we would truly be a better society for it and we, along with our children would not be craving, especially in America, the need for more possessions instead of the need to be a person of love, tolerance, humility, and patience.  As such the following are examples of how the Bible can positively affect some basic characteristics of men and women in a society where television, movies, music and games, tug at us to want those things that are not really important or which corrupt our faith.

 To be humble, what does this really mean?  To be humble is to be modest and not boastful; a lack of arrogance.  How many times in our day is the person who is humble heralded as the  leader over the arrogant, boastful person sitting next to us?  It is not that the person next to us is a bad individual, but there is a lack of consideration for those around them in their need to be the “man” or the “woman” who everyone thinks is the leader, because their voice is a touch louder or has the feeling of authority for the sake of vanity.  However, it seems more times than not, we find that person may be raised to authority quickly only to falter for their falseness and need for attention, rather than their need to be genuine person.  The humble person may not always be recognized as quickly, but they have the ability to change those around them by allowing  everyone to have a voice.  In this way, they lead better than anyone who tries to dominant those around them.  “Folly is set in great dignity and the rich sit in low place.” In the end the arrogant will become humbled through their own travails with life, in which those around them should not judge or feel superior to.  We each learn to be humble as we need to-which leads to tolerance.

Tolerance.  How can one tolerate arrogance? How can one tolerate someone who loves another person of

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