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Why Humility Opens Doors

Posted By Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. On August 2, 2010 @ 12:01 am In Touched By Grace

“Nice guys finish last,” says the world.   “The last will be first,” replies Jesus.

My guess is that the Lord of creation knows best who really wins in
the end.  And he says in this Sunday’s gospel, “whoever exalts himself
will be humbled and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted” (Luke
14:11)

To understand why the humble get ahead and why the meek shall inherit
the earth, we need to be sure that we understand what humility and
meekness really are.

Humility does not mean looking down on oneself or thinking ill of
oneself.  It really means not thinking of oneself very much at all.

The humble are free to forget themselves because they are secure. 
They accept the fact that, as creatures, they are small, vulnerable, and
not ultimately in control.  But they know there is a Creator who is
great, omnipotent, and totally in control.  And they know that they’ve
been made in the image and likeness of that Creator.  That makes gives
them a dignity that they don’t have to earn and can never be taken
away.  Though they’ve tarnished the divine likeness through sin, they
know that the Creator came down from the heights of heaven to become
human and fix what they couldn’t fix.

So when they mess up, the humble don’t have to cover up.  They just
say “please forgive me,” give thanks for God’s mercy, and move on.  And
when their creaturely limitations cause them to fail, they are not
surprised.  They realize that they are not God.

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