day no. 15,502: enjoying the glory of God eliminates the need for awesomesauce and weaksauce

"The nature and depth of human pride are illustrated by comparing boasting to self-pity. Both are manifestations of pride. Boasting is the response of pride to success. Self-pity is the response of pride to suffering. Boasting says, 'I deserve admiration because I have achieved so much.' Self-pity says, 'I deserve admiration because I have suffered so much.' Boasting is the voice of pride in the heart of the strong. Self-pity is the voice of pride in the heart of the weak. Boasting sounds self-sufficient. Self-pity sounds self-sacrificing. The reason self-pity does not look like pride is that is appears to be so needy. But the need arises from a wounded ego. It doesn't come from a sense of unworthiness, but from a sense of unrecognized worthiness. It is the response of unapplauded pride." -- John Piper, The Dangerous Duty of Delight

Pursuing the glory of God as the source of your greatest delight destroys both forms of pride: boasting and self-pity. In the first sense, it eliminates boasting since all the glory is in God and He becomes the source of our exaltation instead of ourselves; and in the second sense, it eliminates self-pity because it is your greatest joy to give everything you have and endure all things in order to inherit the world and Christ's righteousness.