Is the best way to gain humility through humiliation?
It's ironic how someone who is prideful encounters humiliation
Defensively
Angrily
Destructively.
Humiliation brings about an opportunity to be humble.
The humble person takes the higher ground
By letting the arrows barrage his body.
I suppose their is an armor to protect from those arrows
But imagine how frightening it would be
To see a wall of arrows
Not being shot by your enemies
Rather, the barrage hails down from an ally.
It is time to learn the attitude of God.
Time to learn that He has already felt the arrows, on my behalf.
I realize that I am far from being a humble person
But, I am thankful that God is training me
(even though I feel like my arm is being ripped out of its socket)
My resolution is to not be concerned about the arrows
I must stay focused on the fight.
Arrows fall from all sides now,
But I must remember the strength of
My armor
My sword
My Commander.
Being humble doesn't mean being passive.
Being humble doesn't mean being quiet.
Being humble isn't a downplay of strengths
Being humble isn't an exaggeration of faults
Being humble is shown best through the life of a carpenter who lived a long time ago.
He wasn't passive
He wasn't quiet
He didn't downplay his strength.
He didn't exaggerate his faults (since He had none, but even if he did He wouldn't have)
He knew all good things came from the Father.
He knew his power came from the Spirit.
The religious guru's hated him.
I am full of pride.
I've been humiliated.
As friends I pray that you help me
To stand
Rather than
To crawl into a hole
To rot.
If you don't understand and are concerned
Call me. I'll gladly talk to you about my life, about my struggles, about anything.
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everything going okay jerome? since I can't really call...I'll shoot you an e-mail man