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2 Corinthians 10:1
Philippians 2:1-9
“Given the crabby side of my own spirit, my irresistible urge to seek my own interest at the cost of others, my comfort in the teeth of other people's suffering, my envy of other people's success, and given my urges to smash the nose of any driver who cuts in front of me, given such flaws, am I not more in tune with reality if I accept my shame as the cost of failing to be the self I ought to be, the self I am meant to be, and the self I really want to be? This is healthy shame, and we are closest to health when we let ourselves feel the pain of it and be led by the pain to do something about it.” –Lewis Smedes
”Stanley Hauerwas has argued that “the failure to live with humility, a failure common to Christian and non-Christian alike, results in a distorted understanding of the way things are.” I agree with that, of course, but I think the converse is equally true: a distorted understanding of the way things are results in a lack of humility. My theory is that we will get humility if we grasp reality.” –Jack Wisdom
”Jesus makes it clear that there are no big shots in his kingdom, at least for now. Ultimately, when the Kingdom is fully consummated, some will be exalted. Humility is the sole criterion he will use to decide who is exalted. This is a strong word to all who aspire to be big shots now, and particularly to those who actually obtain some measure of celebrity in the bizarro Christian subculture. Those who will be recognized as great in the Kingdom probably are not famous now; those who will be recognized as great in the Kingdom probably are serving in relative obscurity in distinctly unglamorous ways.” –Jack Wisdom