Humility...

"Humility is a funny thing-once you think you got it, you lost it..." 
-a quote my brother always says...I'm not quite sure where he heard it from or if he made
it up, but I do think that it's very interesting. Jesus was and is a servant to all! I yearn to be
like that! Don't you? To be like that takes so much character and love! Inside my heart
wants to be humble, but in my own will and strength, I can't be humble...I (and many of
us) think about us and our wants and desires and are selfish too much. There needs to be
a balance in our life. We need to make wise decisions regarding ourselves, but also know
that once we die to our flesh, we can live free in many ways in our lives. Humility is really
hard to learn. Humility is when you or I lower ourselves to a place that is like a servant.
We should serve others above ourselves. I know I need to work on that. I need to be
more humble and lower myself to a place where I do not just think about what will benefit
me and make me look good or feel good inside. I need to think "How would Jesus respond in
this situation? I want to be like Him!" Then I need to do it! I need to step out of my comfort
zone and into a place that may cause discomfort for a time, but will grow me into who I am
made to be. For example, correction doesn't feel good, but IT IS good! It is so, so good! I
want correction! I used to hate it so bad, but I don't really anymore. I think I have a lot
more to learn about accepting correction, but I have finally felt the joy of getting corrected.
Now I am not saying I like to make mistakes, but I WANT to LEARN from my
mistakes!!!! I want to grow up and do the best that I can in everything.

Like the verse that says, "Whatever you do, work at it with all of your heart as working
for the Lord and not for men." Do you see...this life is not about me, or you! This life is
about HIM! He said "whatever you do..." He didn't make a list... Instead, whatever I do,
in everything it should be for God and not for pleasing myself or others! People will make
mistakes and be disappointed and we will hurt one another. If we try to please people,
our life will only be miserable because (at least with me) I try to "be perfect" and that is
good and bad at the same time. I will talk more about that in a later post about "being
perfect" and how I need to work on that in my life. It's not bad to want to do good,
but since we are humans we WILL make many mistakes, but the goal should be to
learn from them and let God help us-let God live in and through our lives because it's
impossible to be perfect without Him! I would be utterly doomed without Jesus! Thank
You God for Jesus! :)

I encourage you to practice humility and I will too! :) Do it with all of our hearts and
let the Holy Spirit do it in us, not in our strength! (I hope you understand this and I
explained it well-?)

Jesus, I feel so convicted on this revelation. Help me to be more humble and 

accept correction with more JOY! Help me to do everything for YOUR glory and not for 

the pleasing men. Help me Jesus! I need and want YOU to be glorified in my life! 

Take over me!