When we are humble, the Lord can draw close to us precisely because we are not full of ourselves. Humility means emptying ourselves of ourself to make room for others, first for God and then those around me. Lewis put it this way: Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” Humility is looking upon others and ourselves as God does. Humility is not self-hatred but self-forgetfulness. To be humble doesn’t mean that we think that we’re losers. Humility means to see ourselves as the Lord sees us. O’Connor about a month ago of the two primary traits of a narcissist: the inability to say I’m sorry and the inability to say thank you. Lucifer objected: “I will not bow to flesh.” The opposite of humility is pride, the pride of selfishness and narcissism. In other words, this revelation to the angels revealed the utter humility of God, that He would stoop so low as to become man. The Trinity revealed to the angels before the Creation of the world that the material world would be created and that God the Son would become incarnate as man. In fact, there is a theory about why Lucifer rebelled. God created Lucifer to be the light bearer, but Lucifer would not accept that he was not God and so he rebelled with about 1/3 of the angels, and became the demons, angels corrupted by pride. Lucifer, or Satan, is the opposite of humility - pride. And we are called by Jesus Himself to share in His divine life. We are dust and unto dust we shall return. We are not God but His beloved, little creatures. Any good, truth, beauty and love in our lives is a reflection of His glory. He is the source of all truth, all good, all beauty and all love. Humility is the simple acknowledgment that He is the Almighty God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who shines forth in glory. He is God and we are not God, but formed by Him from the dust of the earth into which He breathed His ruah, His breath, the breath of life. Humility is the simple acknowledgement of who we are and who the Lord is.
Humility is from the Latin word humus, meaning “dirt”.
The Lord tells us in Sirach, “My child, conduct your affairs with humility” (Sir. It is beautiful when a great man humbles himself. James Simpson exemplifies the virtue of humility, the most important virtue, quality that we can have. Simpson replied, “My most valuable discovery was when I discovered myself a sinner and that Jesus Christ was my Savior.”ĭr. The students expected him to recount how he came upon the medical use of chloroform. One of the students asked him what he considered his most valuable discovery. Toward the end of his life, Simpson was lecturing at the University of Edinburgh. His discovery revolutionized modern medicine. He realized that by using chloroform, doctors could perform operations without causing pain to their patients. Simpson was conducting experiments with chloroform. About 170 years ago, a Scottish surgeon named Sir James Simpson made an important discovery.
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