Are Christians allowed to feel proud?

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Am a little confused and was too embarrassed to ask my friend. I went to a Bible study with my friend and they were talking about how God doesn't like it when people are proud and that they should be humble and if you are proud God will find a way to humble you.

Does that mean you can never feel proud? E.g. Would saying " I'm so proud that dd learnt to write her name"... Would it be wrong for someone to say this?

What if you do something e.g. Run a 5K and feel prou of yourself!

Is this allowed? If not, what emotion are you supposed to feel?

I think its fine to be proud of your DD and to do things like feeling proud because you ran 5K. What wouldn't be fine is if you intentionally USE your feelings to bring others down, because their child can't do something or because they failed at running 5K, or if its more like "look at me, look how good I am".

Mary has put it well

A good example of how not to be proud of yourself would be that Daily Mail woman who is of the opinion that she is extremely beautiful and that people attack her because of it

Feeling proud of your dcs is fine as long as you don't teach them to be conceited or to run other children down.

If I ever feel proud of myself, I try to rein myself in by thanking God for any skills or abilities that I might happen to have. It stops you from thinking you're awesome and getting above yourself

I think there is a world of difference between taking pride in your work, doing your best and being a show off. I agree Mary has put it well.

I have been thinking about your question.

I think the word " proud" can be very different in its context

To me, saying you are proud of your children, or proud of an honourable achievement is another way of giving thanks for what you have and should be encouraged

On the other hand been proud and boastful is wrong, ie proud about how much your very expensive sports car is. For a start it rubs others up the wrong way.

And being too proud to admit you are wrong is stubborn and prevents growth and damages relationships.

In short- I think it depends!