Humility

There is something attractive about people who can simply be humble. It is a call for the Christian, and is what should come naturally when anyone stands beside the cross.

But it is really hard. We want others to see our carefully crafted image rather than our true sometimes grotesque selves. It is easy to think that Jesus' death for me wasn't as hard as it could have been for those others, until we actually look at ourselves failing to live the way God intends for us to.

I have often been careful to be rather cryptic in referring to things I have failed at outside the glare of my friends, but it sometimes has let the light hide away from where it needs to be.

Please pray that I will continue to be honest and repentant about my real failings, so that the glory of what Jesus has done for me can be shown all the more.