Wisdom from Owen

I came across this John Owen quote in the introduction of his book The Mortification of Sin:

"Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls. Live in this, and thou wilt die a conqueror; yea, thou wilt, through the good providence of God, live to see thy lust dead at thy feet."

Amen.

Pride

I came across this story under Yahoo!'s odd news section that is unfortunately a sign of just how deep a man's pride can really be.

To sum up the article a man was kicked by an ostrich in front of some females who laughed at him and as a result the man ended up shooting the ostrich because it had wounded his pride and made him look bad in front of the ladies.

While, I certainly can rush to judgement on this person because this is certainly and outrageous story, I should actually think back and reflect on how I use my pride to justify myself before others. Do I always have to be right in every argument? Do I always have to put things down that I don't like or agree with? These and many other questions are question that we (and especially myself) need to ask on a daily basis.