Title: What Is Humility? (And How Do I Live a Humble Life?)
Headings: What Is Humility? (And How Do I Live a Humble Life?)
What Is Humility? (And How Do I Live a Humble Life?)
1. Humility values God’s ways above all else.
2. Humility grows over time as we are transformed.
3. Humility remembers none of us is greater.
Jesus exhorts the disciples not to act like proud kings, but humble servants.
4. Humility knows who you are and whose you are.
5. Humility is honest.

Content: I’ve thought I was acting in humility when I chose to ignore my needs and desires in order to focus on another person’s. Sometimes, this was self-protection and not humility. Laying down my life became motivated by a self-focused attempt to keep anxiety at bay, because saying no is hard to do. It’s often easier to give in and do more than I should, because I don’t want to feel a friend’s displeasure toward me. It’s easier to feel victimized than it is to live victoriously. So then, how can we understand what humility is (and what it’s not)? How do we live a humble life? If we are to count others as more significant than ourselves, where do our needs and desires fit in? These are hard questions to explore. But I do believe there is a way to give our needs the attention they deserve while also considering the needs of others before our own.