Pride Issues

I have been discovering lately the pride is deeply rooted in who I am.  I am a prideful person.  And I can see how that has been affecting me.  I led Wyld Life which is YL for middle school kids, for three years.  And I loved it, and I did trust the Lord for putting me there.  But I always wanted to look like the sweet leader, have all the kids coming around and what not.  Well I never had a ton of kids coming around and that helped break down my pride and by the end of my stint, if I had one kid I was completely happy. I knew the Lord put that one kid there.
  Since Wyld Life was stopped in my area I have been struggling with more pride issues.   I desperately want to be leading, to be living out my faith with these kids.  Well the opportunity has not presented itself to me and its very frustrating.  For a while I was questioning God about it.  But he has shown me recently that he can use me in more ways than leading right now.  I always help set up at church and help run the powerpoint and sound at a YL club.  I enjoy doing this but for a while I was feeling like my gifts were not being used, that I was doing insignificant work.  But God has really shown me lately that it does not matter what you do for him, that if you do it with all your heart, he values that.  And although I want to be leading YL right now, God has me behind the scenes for some reason, and that for me is enough. 
     When pride gets in the way, knock it down.  It will only keep us from the Lord.  he wants us broken of it and to be at his feet worshiping him and doing what ever it is he asks.
With Love
Opher