Learning To Be Humble
So I have a story to share with you all today.
The Bible teaches us always to be humble and not howdy.
"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
Ephesians 4:2
I could bring up more verses but i won't. Those who read the Bible constantly and understand it's messages will know that being humble is essential for our daily walk with Christ.
It's what brings us to our low points in life sometimes so God may use us or it's what helps us forgive each other and it even teaches us when we become humble.
Jesus was always humble when he came to earth for us. He was the most humble out of us all. A King who dies for His people. You can't beat that, that's for sure.
But I wanted to share a personal story of how God humbled me just yesterday and it was not something i ever really expected to do. It was actually pretty tough to do so and i felt really low to do it but in the end it taught me a lesson on humility and kindness.
I went to my sisters house yesterday to drop off my brothers because they were going to sleep over for a day or two. I also came inside to her house so me and her can spend some time together in fellowship.
My brothers, her husband and her kids all left to go swimming somewhere so while they left, only me, my sister and her two youngest kids stayed home. The kids are ages one and three.
The older one if you don't watch him will constantly scratch the younger one if he's bugged.
Her oldest is disabled a little and can't really speak either.
So me and my sister were talking and having some tea. She fed her kids and later on I took both of them upstairs into a room to watch some Russian cartoons.
Once i came downstairs, i sat back down to drink tea and talk some more and only a minute or two went by and the youngest child was crying. I rushed upstairs to see he was trying to touch the computer because he's always curious and loves touching the buttons. The three year old was right behind him grabbing his ears to try to stop him from getting to the computer.
I in my panicked stage (i'm not a mother so yes i panicked when i say a kid being grabbed by the ears and crying) grabbed the three year old and slapped him on the back and put him on the bed. Then i took the younger one and brought him downstairs trying to separate them both.
I go to tell my sister the situation and how i panicked and she tells me to go back upstairs and apologize to the three year old child.
Now this was hard for me to apologize to a child but i knew i made a mistake and should't have hit him like i did. So i took up my shame and went back upstairs to apologize to him.
This felt completely shameful for me because me as an adult has to say sorry to a child. It's not always easy to say sorry to someone younger and who doesn't even understand you sometimes. But i still went upstairs and i said sorry, rubbed his back and explained that he shouldn't pull by the ears because he's hurting his younger brother that way.
I sat with him for a while till he calmed down and gave him a hug and kissed his forehead and turned the cartoons back on for him. I felt better once i came back downstairs but i couldn't believe how much of me it took just to say what i said.
My sister was happy but also she told me; "I'm not sure why i told you to say sorry but i saw that it was hard for you so i just went with it. It's hard but if you admit your mistakes, they will respect you more."
I now know even more that being humble is not just letting people say what they want to you and you having to still forgive them and love them, it's also knowing when to admit you have made a mistake and apologizing for it. Those are the hardest ones to do because you feel like you want to be the one who's right and people should apologize to you instead sometimes.
So Don't let your pride get to you and know your mistakes. Take responsibility for your actions and do what is right like Jesus would want us all to do.
God bless you all and thank you for reading this little story i wanted to share.
The Bible teaches us always to be humble and not howdy.
"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
Ephesians 4:2
I could bring up more verses but i won't. Those who read the Bible constantly and understand it's messages will know that being humble is essential for our daily walk with Christ.
It's what brings us to our low points in life sometimes so God may use us or it's what helps us forgive each other and it even teaches us when we become humble.
Jesus was always humble when he came to earth for us. He was the most humble out of us all. A King who dies for His people. You can't beat that, that's for sure.
But I wanted to share a personal story of how God humbled me just yesterday and it was not something i ever really expected to do. It was actually pretty tough to do so and i felt really low to do it but in the end it taught me a lesson on humility and kindness.
I went to my sisters house yesterday to drop off my brothers because they were going to sleep over for a day or two. I also came inside to her house so me and her can spend some time together in fellowship.
My brothers, her husband and her kids all left to go swimming somewhere so while they left, only me, my sister and her two youngest kids stayed home. The kids are ages one and three.
The older one if you don't watch him will constantly scratch the younger one if he's bugged.
Her oldest is disabled a little and can't really speak either.
So me and my sister were talking and having some tea. She fed her kids and later on I took both of them upstairs into a room to watch some Russian cartoons.
Once i came downstairs, i sat back down to drink tea and talk some more and only a minute or two went by and the youngest child was crying. I rushed upstairs to see he was trying to touch the computer because he's always curious and loves touching the buttons. The three year old was right behind him grabbing his ears to try to stop him from getting to the computer.
I in my panicked stage (i'm not a mother so yes i panicked when i say a kid being grabbed by the ears and crying) grabbed the three year old and slapped him on the back and put him on the bed. Then i took the younger one and brought him downstairs trying to separate them both.
I go to tell my sister the situation and how i panicked and she tells me to go back upstairs and apologize to the three year old child.
Now this was hard for me to apologize to a child but i knew i made a mistake and should't have hit him like i did. So i took up my shame and went back upstairs to apologize to him.
This felt completely shameful for me because me as an adult has to say sorry to a child. It's not always easy to say sorry to someone younger and who doesn't even understand you sometimes. But i still went upstairs and i said sorry, rubbed his back and explained that he shouldn't pull by the ears because he's hurting his younger brother that way.
I sat with him for a while till he calmed down and gave him a hug and kissed his forehead and turned the cartoons back on for him. I felt better once i came back downstairs but i couldn't believe how much of me it took just to say what i said.
My sister was happy but also she told me; "I'm not sure why i told you to say sorry but i saw that it was hard for you so i just went with it. It's hard but if you admit your mistakes, they will respect you more."
I now know even more that being humble is not just letting people say what they want to you and you having to still forgive them and love them, it's also knowing when to admit you have made a mistake and apologizing for it. Those are the hardest ones to do because you feel like you want to be the one who's right and people should apologize to you instead sometimes.
So Don't let your pride get to you and know your mistakes. Take responsibility for your actions and do what is right like Jesus would want us all to do.
God bless you all and thank you for reading this little story i wanted to share.
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