How About a Slice of Humble Pie?
When I saw this program at the Advent by Candlelight event last Monday, I noticed, right away, the word “HUMBLE” above my name. Actually, it was the title of a song that was sung before I spoke, but I thought “God are you trying to tell me something?”
Just a few minutes later, I felt my knit skirt….and there was a hole in the side (I’m thinking a moth’s work of art). I asked my friend to go with me to the ladies room so we could see if the hole would show while I was on stage. Thankfully, I had a longer top on, so it didn’t. When I got to the stage to speak, I told the ladies that I was going to take a “selfie” of me with them in the background, but when I saw “HUMBLE” above my name….I figured God was whispering “Gotta’ work on the humility, Girl Friend!” LOL! Yes, they laughed.
The next day, I looked at the photos taken that night…..and if God needed to speak the word “HUMBLE” to me again, I saw that I had on a navy blue skirt instead of the black one that I planned to wear. (Maybe they loved my humor and heart so much, they didn’t notice.) OH ME and LOL!
So, I’m getting the message, and I think I’m eating some “Humble Pie”, because I never want what I do, and why I do it, to bring praise to myself, but to THE ONE who deserves ALL PRAISE. Seriously, when I think about how unlikely that I would be so blessed to be so passionate and relentless about spreading the GOOD NEWS, I MUST raise my hand and point to THE ONE Who is worthy of ALL PRAISE!
I know that when I purposely live in an attitude of humility, it will be HIS Light shining through me, and NOT my own. And, oh, that’s what I want. I don’t ever want to get in His way. St. Peter put it so well…..”All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:5-7).
The simple discovery of humility and servitude is where some of my greatest joys have been found. Applause isn’t the reward. The reward is being able to serve, and seeing others have “aha” moments when they see HIM instead of me. It’s HIS LIGHT I want them to see in me.
Okay, I’ve confessed, and now I’ve finished my “Humble Pie”. I think I’ll avoid that dessert from now on, and I’ll keep my eyes and heart open, in case it looks like God needs to offer me another slice!
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