Humble Pie

[toad]

“Humility is like a pair of scales; the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other.�
JOHN VIANNEY

Words of Jesus found in Matthew 23:10-12 NASB

“Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is Christ. But the greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.�

I have observed in my own life how my behaviors and moods seem to be resting upon some sort of scale. And how that when one emotion gets out of bearing with the rest of my life, I always must pay somehow. This happens when I am forced to bring my life back into balance. The Greeks taught balance through moderation and something they called the “Golden Mean.� In other words a little bit of anything was all right, as long as it didn’t upset the scales of life. Early in my life I attended college and in one philosophy class that I was enrolled, I remember the professor teaching of the Greek’s golden mean. I remember thinking how cool is this! I used it as a reason to try all sorts of things that I normally would not have tried. My understanding at that time was that as long as I didn’t go too far with something I would be all right. One fact that I didn’t take into consideration was that the vehicle I was traveling in, the “self,� did not know when the scales became over balanced in one direction until it was too late. And of course then the cost had to be paid to bring my life back into balance. Humility, or a forced feeding of humble pie paid the price of balance. Being force fed humble pie is not one of my favorite servings. Of all the spiritual principles that I am learning, this thing called humility and the control of the tongue seem to be by far the hardest. Jesus understood these principles. He understood that instead of a forced feeding of humble pie, if I worked on it myself one bite at a time, there would be digestion instead of indigestion. And the results tip the scales of life to the positive with blessing of well being, and good will toward my fellow man. I am learning that when I take a step in the right direction on my own, that God will help me take more steps and do for me what I could not do for myself………………….toad

“In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.�
ROBERT E. LEE

[cmc]

Toad, thank you for sharing. Humility is the opposite of pride and fear which are enemies of both my soul and my recovery.

Fear being the opposite of faith and pride telling me that I am fine-when I'm not or that I can handle things in my own strength, on my own--when I cannot = a huge serving of humble pie.

Dear Father,
Please guide me in Your way of humility and help me let go of pride and fear.
In Jesus' Name.
Amen

[sugarssweetpea]

Toad,
Thank you for sharing. In my recovery & working the steps with food addiction, my friend that I am working with on this suggested the book Humility by Andrew Murray. I never realized how much my struggles are because of my pride. I never considered myself to be a prideful person, but a deeper study into what humility is proves how prideful I really am. It is amazing. It is also amazing how God always seems to talk through others --brings us all closer to each other & Him through us working on the same things at the same time. He is awesome.

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The Lord has a way of delivering some wonderful Humble Pie at just the right time.

Once you take that first bite of it, it sure does do wonders for the soul.