2005-08-25 Others Are Better
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
-- Philippians 2:3
I have not written in this journal for quite a while. I have been reading Bible consistently, but somehow it just feel like I have nothing to say. Perhaps I was not thinking enough. However, today, when reading this, it just popped out. I need to learn humility. In Ec11 we studied relative advantages. For ANY one, there exists some aspect that he is better than I am. I need to focus on those aspects, and be glad that I can be around them. I should not focus on those few things that I am especially good at and go around boasting. It is easy for me to say `you are better than I am' in many situations, but do I truly mean it or appreciate his strength, or am I actually just trying to be humble, and at the same time prove that I am better at being humble than he is? God searches the heart, not the outer shell and the things we say in hopes of achieving something. Our hearts need to be renewed, to be staight towards that which is wonderful.