Category Archives: Humility
Intelligence Requirement
The truly intelligent are the ones most aware of how much they don’t know. If there is any prerequisite for intelligence, it must be humility. Intelligent people are always ready to learn. Their ears are open for knowledge. (Proverbs 18:15)
A Little Pronoun
In the stories, I often remember the blind man who saw or the paralytic who walked out carrying his mat, or the deaf one whose ears were opened. But there are others mentioned only by the humble, behind-the-scenes, almost-too-small-to-notice pronoun: … Continue reading
The Benefit of Deficiency
My husband said that the harder something is, the more likely I am to try it. He’s right. I’ll snatch up a challenge like I would a free book or chocolate bar. So when someone challenged the women’s retreat attendees … Continue reading
Filed under Body Life, Humility, Memorization
Weight
We spread out two nights’ worth of backpacking, covering the entire lower level of our home with sleeping bags, Therma-Rest pads, two tents, freeze-dried dinners, rain gear, S’mores ingredients, fishing lures, flashlights . . . did we forget anything? We … Continue reading
“How can anyone be arrogant when…”
I was trying to remember what God taught me about humility… Ah, yes. It was that memory aids humility. That was it. Now . . . what exactly was it that I was supposed to remember? Ummm . . . … Continue reading
Filed under Humility
Humility Is Not Like Cramming for a Test
The week before a big exam I crammed in whatever facts, equations, names, and dates I needed. Come test time, I unloaded those bursting memory banks, pencil flying ahead of the clock. After time was up and my pencil was … Continue reading
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Pride Is Not a Cat
This may come as a surprise, but pride is not the strutting Siamese swishing a curl in her swaying tail. No, she is not that, for pride has many more lives than the nine they give to a cat. And … Continue reading
Filed under Death to Self, Humility, Random Acts of Poetry
