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Reflection: |
Legend describes Humblus as an early king of
Denmark. Humblus was elected at the death of
his father, but was later captured in
battle. In order to save his own life, he
was forced to bow down and relinquish the
throne to his brother. Thus, the term, to
humble oneself. "We're proud to be
Humble," happily proclaims the Humble
Independent School District in Texas. Its
website applauds in red and blue its
upcoming livestock show, barbecue cookoff,
parade, pageant, and rodeo.
As a young adult, Benjamin Franklin
created a system to arrive at moral
perfection. A late addition to his list of
target virtues was Humility. Years later in
his Autobiography he wrote, "In
reality there is perhaps no one of our
natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride.
Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down,
stifle it, mortify it as one pleases, it is
still alive and will every now and then peep
out and show itself . . . For even if I
could conceive that I had completely
overcome it, I should probably be proud of
my humility."
To walk humbly is more easily said than
done. Where is the line of separation
between confidence and arrogance? Between
modesty and obsequiousness? A measure of
confidence among our peers may be a good
thing. But when we are walking with our God,
we do so with deference and submissiveness.
We must walk humbly. |