So Far....

What a title...but its just what came to mind. This morning I woke up and went out to my garden. I like to walk around it first thing and see whats happened over night. As I was weeding, some thoughts came to mind, not original, just quotes I've read over the years:

1."Life is a long walk in humility" a quote from James Matthew Barrie, the author of Peter Pan.

Many people have the wrong idea about humility, or being humble. They think it means groveling in front of others or thinking they're no good and others are better.

My thoughts:
Humility is not something we easily aquire, but rather a quality that gradually grows in a person with an honest estimation of him/herself. When an awareness of our own shortcomings surface, we're less inclined to judge, we see more clearly the plank in our own eyes, our own weaknesses. At this stage Sister Wisdom will also become a new and worthy friend along the way. A friend aquired thorugh learning some hard lessons. When I reflect back on my life, I see a pool..a pool formed from tears...from foolish choices, from letting emotions lead and not God. Christ teaches me to wait, to hesitate, to seek him, to not assume, to not jump to conclusions and to see also the part I may have played in a situation.

“What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God” (Monica Baldwin)

The way to true peace is the way of humility and love. Significant are the words of the shepherd boy singing in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress:

He that is down need fear no fall,
He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide.
I am content with what I have,
Little be it, or much;
And Lord, contentment still I crave,
Because Thou sayest such.

The Humility of Jesus

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matt 11:29 KJV

Humility is seeing yourself as God sees you: dark yet lovely (Song of Songs 1:5), weak yet strong (2 Cor. 12:9), and poor yet spiritually rich (2 Cor. 5:21). Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking less about yourself. Humility is not denigrating yourself by making yourself out to be less than the total person that God has gifted and called you to be as his servant.

Be blessed and be a Blessings - thanks for reading,
Linda - Follower of the WAY