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Humility and Humiliation

One of the greatest virtues of Christianity and of society is that of being humble, and generally exemplifying humility. Recently the idea of being humble and what it is to be humble has been on my mind. There is a lot to unpack in this age-old concept. My go-to vision for humility is an image something like this: I will note that most everything in my ego does not want to identify with this picture. I would rather be perceived like something more along these lines: What is it to experience genuine humility and why is it so important in faith?
I looked up the concept of humility and below is a great Wikipedia article on the idea. Here is the link:
What I learned from this article is:
1)      Humility is a major theme played out in every major world religion. In most every religion humility is linked with being close to God
2)      Humility is not self-deprecating
3)      Truth without Humility is Doomed
My recent personal definition of Humility
Humility- to admit what has control over you and recognize how it limits you

I think knowing true humility for me often requires an experience of being humiliated. Being humiliated is that gut realization of “shoot, I do not have it all figured out” and then being embarrassed for it. I think sometimes it takes full blown humiliation sometimes for my pride to be truly shaken.
I am still exploring this concept and hope to write again on it in a couple of weeks. For now, I would love individuals who are inspiring to share- what does humility mean to you? How does it tie to faith? Genuity? Truth? Humiliation?
Posted by Kelsie Brust at 2:47 PM Kelsie Brust
