Humbleness

There in lies the rub.

When someone's arrogance starts to affect other people in bad ways, the thing to do is not only attempt to have the person see what their actions can or are doing to other people, but to also attempt to protect those who would be hurt by that person's actions.

If you think about it, that descibes a lot of situations around the world today.

Shelb5 said:

Humility does take effort- it’s a virtue where we must rid ourselves of vice which is pride to obtain the virtue which is humility. If we want to be humble, we have to practice being humble, to forget oneself and accept our faults and not have our happiness depend on how smart we are, how good we are, how rich we are…

It is loving yourself as God loves you, while you are still a sinner. It is acknowledging any gift we do have is what we have received from God and not anything we have done for ourselves. That we are loved by God not because we deserve to be.

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And I think that there is no better feeling than humility... for me it was when I quit "ranking and filing" people, to size up whether I was better than them or jealous of what they had or who they were. As soon as I started doing things to humble myself, my judgement of others became less and less... praying for them, and for myself, seemed to help too.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.


Proverbs 16:5 Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished.


Proverbs 21:4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.


Proverbs 22:4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.


Proverbs 27:2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Shakkai said:

And I think that there is no better feeling than humility... for me it was when I quit "ranking and filing" people, to size up whether I was better than them or jealous of what they had or who they were. As soon as I started doing things to humble myself, my judgement of others became less and less... praying for them, and for myself, seemed to help too.

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Yes, I am beginning to lay hold of this myself.

It is freeing to be humble knowing you are nothing and not caring about what you have or what you don’t have, forgetting yourself.

When we are humble, we are free. Free to love those around us as well.

In Paradise there many Saints who never gave alms on earth : their poverty justified them. There are many Saints who never mortified their bodies by fasting, or wearing hair shirts: their bodily infirmities exuesed them. There are many Saints too who ere not virgins : their vocation was otherwise. But in Paradise there is no Saint who was not humble.

Fr. Cajetan Mary da Bergamo : Humility of HEArt

What is humility? A lesson that I had to learn....

It is being Selfish enough that you then become selfless......

At first when I ws told this I could not figure this out, because to me it made absolutely no sense. But as time passed I started to figure out it's meaning, and I still fall short of it.

It is learning how to be selfish enough to take care of your own needs so that you will be there to be able to take care of the others that need you. And BTW, Notice I said NEEDS not WANTS.

There is another saying that I have become fond of.....

Invariably, when we finally get what we need, we find out that it really is what we wanted all along. And the only way that we can accomplish getting what we need is through Christ.

May I always remember that....

Pax Christi
Debi

"Humility," as St. Teresa of Avila said, "Is honesty."

Humility is this: Seeing yourself only as much or as little as God sees you. In his sight, all things are in their proper place. In his sight, men are what they are, nothing more.

The more we acquire by grace that interior honesty with ourselves through our prayerful communion with God, especially aided by the Sacrament of Reconciliation, will we be able to see ourself as God sees us, and then through humility, be open to a deluge of graces.

DreamTheater said:

Could a humble man ever call himself 'humble' or would that break his humbleness?

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lol a little out of the subject but I counld't miss your username. I love dream theater, they're on the top five of my list .
....but anyways, naw, that wouldn't be humble to say you're humble. Mathew chaper 6 talks all about that stuff...the famous "do not be like the hypocrites"...do your good deeds in secret so that the lord will see what you do in secret and will reward you for it.

-Stefania

This is what i think of as humility based on my own experience. ...

Giving God the credit for everything not yourself!! Giving God the Glory for everything you are able to do, because we can do nothing of ourselves but with God all things are possible. Phil 4:13 "i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".

i will give some examples of humility...

I have a friend who plays any instrument he picks up, he has an awesome talent. More talent in his pink finger than most will ever have! Anytime you tell him what a great piano player he is or what a great musician he is his response is always "Well it is GOD that has given me the talent." He points to GOD..not himself..i believe that is humility!

Heres a personal example of Prov 16:18 Pride coms before a fall!!
When i was dieting i was asking God for help every day. I was focusing on God. I had tried many diets and could never keep to them. But when i started asking God to help me through each day without overeating, then i started losing weight. Then one day someone says to me "Wow you lost alot of weight you look great" and i reply "oh gee thanks. I know. Don't i look good?"....thats PRIDE (opposite of humility)...guess what happened?? i fell off the diet the next day!!! YEP!! Pride came and then I fell. Now if i was HUMBLE rather than prideful i would have said "Gee thanks! God has helped me to lose weight. I couldn't have done it without him. I've tried 100 times and never succeeded on my own". Not only would that have been the truth, but it would have been humble.

karen

Irenaeus said:

"Humility," as St. Teresa of Avila said, "Is honesty."

Humility is this: Seeing yourself only as much or as little as God sees you. In his sight, all things are in their proper place. In his sight, men are what they are, nothing more.

The more we acquire by grace that interior honesty with ourselves through our prayerful communion with God, especially aided by the Sacrament of Reconciliation, will we be able to see ourself as God sees us, and then through humility, be open to a deluge of graces.

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I heard a priest say that Humility is the mother of all graces. We can only receive grace in proportion to our humility.

"You're not humble when you humble yourself, but when you are humbled by others and you bear it for Christ." - St. Josemari' Escriva (The Way)

Could a humble man ever call himself 'humble' or would that break his humbleness?

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Only one..."Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves."

May the Lord bless and keep you!
Angela