Humble ourselves

Our Daily Bread
I had a preacher friend that said the word "humble" without the "h".  He informed me that the "h" was silent.  After referring to the dictionary, he also informed me the dictionary was wrong!  Hmmmmm.  Not sure he was living the word he couldn't pronoun!

No matter how you say it, being humble is not easy in today's toot-your-own-horn society we live in.  We even have popular songs like "Lord Its hard to be humble when you are perfect in every way" topping the charts.  We have TV shows that lift up talented individuals as "idols".  What is a well-meaning follower of Christ to do?  The devotion offers us some help.  Pray and read about our example, Jesus Christ!  Could you imagine if Jesus acted like we do today after he rose from the tomb?  He might have taunted death or poured Gatorade on the disciples or some other silly act of not being humble!  Let us all work on our humility.  I know I need to!

Lord, please help us grow in humility and love!

Simply Saturday
I haven't listened to many of Amy Grant's songs the past decade, but this one caught my attention.  The line "for someone wired to please" really spoke to me.  God sure knows me well!

"Don't Try So Hard"
(with James Taylor)

Another Monday comes and I just wanna breathe
'Cause it's a long, long week for someone wired to please
I keep taking my aim, pushing it higher
Wanna shine bright, even brighter now
Wish I would tell myself

Don't try so hard
God gives you grace and you can't earn it
Don't think that you're not worth it
Because you are
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
You're lovely even with your scars
Don't try so hard

Do you remember how the summers felt when we were kids?
Oh, we didn't think much about it, we just lived
Taking our time, beautiful leisure
When did we start, trying to measure up
When all of this time, love has been trying to tell us

Don't try so hard
God gives you grace and you can't earn it
Don't think that you're not worth it
Because you are
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
You're lovely even with your scars
Don't try so hard

Don't try so hard

Don't try so hard
God gives you grace
You can't earn it
Stop thinking you're not worth it
Because you are
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
You're lovely even with your scars
Lovely the way you are
So open up your lovely heart
Don't try so hard

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Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13