Humility (Part one)

Humility (or being humbled) is where you are below someone, acting somewhat like a servant, ready to help with the little tasks God want you to do. *The word humus came from the Greek word meaning dirt, so basically being humbled means to be below someone.* That is from the amazing book Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends. I recommend anyone, yes, even if you are best friends with your siblings, to read it. 

The world has a different view than us Christians. They don't want to be BELOW people. They want to be ABOVE everyone which is impossible. Only God can fill that place. Imagine this, a pyramid of people, stacked on top of one another standing. The people at the bottom don't look very comfortable, with shoes jabbing into their shoulders. The people up top are beaming, and pleased with themselves looking down upon evryone else. What if the unhappy people at the bottom go for a mad scramble to the top. What happens then? The pyramid tumbles, and everybody falls. It fails. That would happen to our world if we didn't have humble people. THE WORLD NEEDS HUMBLE PEOPLE!!! Now, imagine the people at the bottom, beaming, along with the people up top, even though they are uncomfortable. Pleased to support people, even though they are the lowest. The pyramid stays up and SUCCESS!! That is our world with a stable ground! What the world doesn't realize, is that being humble gets you to the top! Not the bottom. God has a plan for you, but being humble, is a part of the plan... a HUGE part of it!!

I was thinking. Why do we use humiliation, to descride embarassment? So I decided to search it on Google, and the first thing that came up was this defintion:“Humiliation is the abasement of pride, which creates mortification or leads to a state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.”  Humiliation is basically, when you're prideful and say or do something, that brings you down, makes you humbled. It embarrasses you. It is like me standing up saying, "I am an awesome big sister, the best ever," and I was bragging about it. Than Danielle comes up  and starts to list my faults in front of everyone. I would be made humbled.  (Sorry, I know it isn't a very good example, but do you get my point?) It doesn't mean that this is the Christian way to be humbled. To be humbled like a Christian is to act lower than other people, but do it with a good, happy, serving heart, and to do it because you love God, and not for praise!
           Matthew 6 1-3 says, "Be careful not to practice your righteosness in front of other to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. " So this verse says, that God will reward you for the things you think no one knows about. He has seen you and is pleased. Showing off will not make you happy, just prideful. Just remember, God will be proud and delighted in you, his servant! There are some things, that you can't help people notcing your good acts. As long as you aren't bragging or making a huge deal of it! Everyone has done that at times, though. Also, just a thought,What do you think of other people who brag? Do you want to be like them? What do you think of people who are humble in secret?

            When I went to Peter Sarpy Elementary School, we did single file lines to get from one place to another. I remember always wanting to be the first in line. Everyone wants to be up front. So imagine the world as a single file line. The rockstars, VIP'S, and actors/ millionares are up front. The Christians are in the back. Some may be trying to get up to the front, and some are content with where they are. The Christians that are trying to get up front, end up totally neglecting the Christians in back, wanting to look great to the world, in the front of the line. All of the sudden, when we get to heaven, the line is turned around! The people in the back, are now up front, and the people up front are now in the back! This is what will happen. Like Matthew 20:16 says, "So the last will be first and the first will be last".