“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 5:3 NIV

One popular quote of the well-known professor and author C.S. Lewis states, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”

It is not about changing your perception of you, rather it is the intentional act of thinking about and considering the interests and needs of others

The life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was completed in order to reconcile us to God…

Jesus Christ had to humble Himself to become like one of us and lay down His life to save us

He did it because that is what we needed in order to be saved

You may be thinking, ‘that’s pretty extreme humility’ and it is the ultimate form of humility

Yet that is how much God loves you and me and wants to have a relationship with us

More of us need to turn towards the Lord and seek humility in our relationships with others

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

Philippians 2:3-4 NIV

(This photo was taken at a park near Winterset, Iowa)