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8-14-2020 – A Word to the Wise – ON HUMILITY

The highest kind of love has its root in humility. It is not difficult to learn the first part of mature love. That love which is able to deny self and care for the welfare of others, especially those whom it comes natural for us to be concerned about, and the caring for humanity in general.

But when we get to the kind of love that is able also to love our enemies, here we find it necessary to have a deeper, stronger, character: and that strength is gained through humility.

Humility can only be established by our personal relationship with God. When I behold God as my creator; and really feel the significance of being the created, the honor of God becomes real the acceptance of self-inevitable: Out of all of this comes the humility that enables me to love my enemy.

Humility gives me a sense of worth, because it has its roots in our relationship with God.

There is no spiritual relationship between worthlessness and humility. Every person has specific gifts of God. To deny the gifts to call them worthless, or worse to ignore them would be to defame God.

Humility is knowing whom and what you are before God. Test what I say. Love your neighbor as yourself-now if you are worthless you will see him also as worthless, but if you see your worth then you must also acknowledge his.

Many people have such a case of inferiority that they are afraid to approach humility or make the mistake of assuming feeling inferior is humility. We should never allow ourselves to call self worthless. God never said man was worthless—he said he was helpless.