Humility

In writing the book, one of the lessons I learned was humility. One may ask the question, how did writing a book humble you? Reflecting on my life, the life of the palmist and Jesus' birth, one can see humility as the fabric of both and the author's Christian faith. Jesus humbled Himself to make His entrance through the gateway of humanity using a virgin birth fulfilling prophecy and then God , the Father used lowly shepherds in the fields minding their flock whom He knew would shout for joy at the news of the Messiah's birth.

Allow the me to paint a clear picture of humility, First, Mary was a humble virgin engaged to Joseph. She was looked upon as a nobody. Second, the shepherds was viewed as the despised of that day's society . Third, when it was time for the baby Jesus to be born, the elites were not willing to give up their plush hotel rooms for a lowly pheasant girl to give birth. Little did they know she was giving birth to the Savior of the world. Fourth, God sent His heavenly choir to make the grand announcement to lowly people who went and told everybody and performed a praise dance never seen or heard before; and then they brought gifts as expressions of true love and appreciation.

Questions, what does this Christmas season teaches us about humility? What does the book, Psalm 23 teach us about humility as it relate to David when he humbled himself before God?The author relates well to David and appreciates what God has done and continues to do in her life. Can you appreciate the goodness of the Lord? Does this Christmas season or any Christmas season cause us to rejoice in what God has done for humanity? Will we pause and humbly submit ourselves before Christ and thank God for sending His Son to be subjected to human limitations or will we busy ourselves with Christmas commercialization? Aren't you glad God gave humanity the greatest gift of all times and Christ humbled Himself out of love as an example of what humility is.

In closing this dialog, let's stop and thank God, the Father for what He did and then thank His Son, Jesus Christ for being willing to become God-man so that we (humanity) may know true joy and salvation. Christ is the reason for Christmas.

Prayer! Lord, I humbly submit myself to you. Lord I am willing to serve in whatever capacity you assign me. Amen!