Dear Ones,
Hope you are enjoying the weekend!  Yesterday Al and I worked at getting all our rugs and carpets shampooed and it was much needed! Today I plan to make meatloaf and do some baking and writing.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Truly humble people are quite rare for they are content to be who they are and don’t regard others as competitors. They also don’t envy, but accept their gifts and also their limitations, desiring to be more like Jesus. There is an honesty about them as they recognize their failures, but don’t let it become their focus. Bernard of Clairvaux said that “humility is grounded on truth: with oneself, in one’s relation with others, and with regard to God.” Pride, on the other hand, is falsehood and leads us to pursue empty things. We want from others what they can’t give us.

We are all sinful and need to recognize our humanness. If we only want to focus on self-improvement, it is often simply wounded pride. By nature, we are all selfish and fall short of the glory of God. (Rom. 3:23) When we are humble, we recognize our true condition, accept our liabilities and know our need for God. Somehow, we may feel at times we are not like others but the truth is we all need God’s help which only the humble will accept.

As we have freely received, we are to freely give to others. Each of us have been given gifts and we are to humbly use them to help others. We are to be bold and act and put our gifts to use. Our calling is to live for God and to serve others. Humility is something each of us learn from Jesus who said in Matt. 11:29, “Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart.” He sees our actions, knows our thoughts and sees our struggles with our self-will. He knows if we are content with what we have and if we quickly confess when we blow it. Let us be humble followers that listen to the Lord and act in love!

Challenge for today:  Ask the Lord to help you be forgetful of self to humbly love and serve Him and others.
Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy