My last article was about pride. I was surprised that a few people disagreed with me and said that pride was a good thing.

It is a good thing if you give God the credit when you feel good about any worthwhile accomplishment.

The opposite of pride is humility. In Peter 5:6 the Bible says to humble yourself, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.

Humility and meekness are similar. I’ll never forget the day after I was elected State Representative, Mr. Earl Roddy (now deceased) came to my house. We spoke for a short time and as he left he said, “Harold, be humble and don’t stumble.”

I didn’t take his advice.

I’ve learned that humility is not a weakness; it is surrendering to God. It’s been said that God has two dwellings; one in Heaven and the other in a meek and humble heart.

When speaking to groups about humility, my definition was: Accepting yourself for who you are and others for who they are.

Once when I asked if anyone knew the definition of humility, a recovering drug addict said, “I do, Mr. Keller! It’s not thinking any less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”

I was reminded that my dad would say, “There is no one in the world better than you, but never forget, you are no better that anyone else.” 

I recently read a book on humility and it stated: Be subject one to another and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.

In a 12-step program that I attended, it was a standard saying that the shortest meetings were the ones when the moderator chose humility as the topic.

A good question to ask a proud person is: “If you were to name the ten smartest people, who would the other nine be?”

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