Trying to think up something to post, I started to wonder “Who really cares that I write?” Not in the more specific sense: all the other bloggers will feel that I have let them down if I neglect it today, on my first real post.
But in the sense that what I say doesn’t really matter, does it? Does anything that any of us say really matter? So many times I’ll start to say something, and stop myself, realizing that perhaps my tongue needs a little tighter rein on it. Why? Because arguments are started by small, insignificant comments.
Something very small can start us going because, frankly, from what I’ve seen, we girls like to talk. And we like to be right.  Put both of those things together, and you’ve got an argument. Most of the time, that petty arguing is pretty pointless and/or needless. This is what I have been thinking about recently, so bear with me in this rather impromptu article.
In Ephesians 4:1-3, Paul says to the Ephesians:
“I, therefore, a prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called. With all Humility and Gentleness, with Patience, bearing with one another in Love. Eager to maintain the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace.”
This scripture has been my motto for the past two weeks as (begun by my mother) I have realized the disunity that we young ladies are so easily capable of. That I, especially am so easily inclined towards.
In this scripture, which really has convicted me soundly, I realize that God, through Paul, has explained exactly how and what we should do to “walk in a manner worthy of the calling.” Beginning in verse 2, Paul explains what the “manner worthy of the calling” is. He says that we must strive to be worthy of the calling, which none of us deserve. But what really hits me is that he describes what our lives should look like. We often hear other passages from Romans and Corinthians, telling us how to live, but how many times have you ever been told that this is what your life should look like? We should be Humble.
To be humble, I have heard it said, you must first be humiliated. How many times have I ever prayed to be humiliated? Not many, I must admit. How many times have I allowed myself to see a humiliating circumstance in the light of “this is making me more Christ-like”? Very very few, I’m sad to say. To be Humble, we must peel the gilt of pride from the walls of our lives. We must let others see how we struggle and hurt. How we sin and fall time and time again. To be humble, we must let ourselves be seen as the sinners we are. We must see ourselves as the sinners we truly are, under the grace of an Almighty God.
But who am I to preach? With all the hearts I’ve seen, I must admit that mine is the darkest and most in need of a savior. I could write for hours; pages and pages on this subject which would all say the same thing: The only way to be humble is to ask God to give you humility. The most beautiful people in the world, and the happiest, are those that don’t think of themselves.
To be humble, I must ask my Heavenly Father to make me so, which is the first step in the right direction.
Sadly, this post has gone on a little too far, so if you have made it to this point, thank you for reading. I will continue looking at this scripture next Tuesday, and hope everyone has a blessed week of striving for the Lord.
Sarah