I am grateful for the knowledge of something greater than myself. It is very difficult for me to remain humble at times with how abundantly blessed I am. I am thankful for the knowledge of the nothingness of the unworthy creature that I am and the humility that this brings me. I am grateful for all that I have and hope that I can use my talents and skills to be a tool in the masters hand and never become full of pride.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
My own nothingness...
I was impressed (and humbled) as we read through Mosiah chapter 4. There are a few times where King Benjamin refers to the reader in terms of nothingness. I really like this type of tough truth that really hammers down a humbling tone. In verse eleven it goes on to say "...and you own nothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by the mouth of the angel." Terrica and I both laughed at the phrase unworthy creatures. It seems harsh but it is very true and is very humbling to what we really truly are. I also am impressed with the phrase "humble yourselves even in the depths of humility". I think back to some of the most humbling times in my life and all I thought was "poor me", perhaps I should have been humbling myself even more to find that maximum humility.
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It's hard sometimes to find the balance between a healthy self-esteem and recognition of our nothingness! I think that we are nothing of our own making but that all that we are and have is due to the grace and goodness of God. Only through him can we become the kind of truly "great" that we are meant to be.
Your blog post makes me think about the balance between knowing we're "unworthy creatures" and knowing "I am a Child of God." It reminds of Moses in Moses chapter one in the Pearl of Great Price where he is shown in a revelations all the creations of God from beginning to end and says "I know that man is nothing, which thing I had never supposed." But a few verses later when Satan tries to tempt him he says to Satan, "Who art thou? For behold I am a son of God, in the similitude of his Only Begotten; and where is thy glory that I should worship thee?" I guess the trick is when we think we're "kind of a big deal" to remember our nothingness, but realize as children of God we can hold our heads high- not because we're so great, but because realize, as Ammon said , "as to my strength I am weak ; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things."
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