Humility

Today’s message was written by my friend, Guest Pastor, Rev. E. Stanley Ott.

Recently I put a glass under an ice dispenser, the kind you find in refrigerator doors or where you get your soft drinks at a place like McDonalds.

To my surprise ice began to spray everywhere. It went on the floor and onto my feet. I wondered, “What is wrong with this thing?” Instead of pulling the glass out, I kept pushing it in, hoping it would work properly. Soon there was ice and water everywhere. What a mess. 

Finally, I pulled the glass out so I could look to see why ice was going everywhere. That’s when I discovered I had put the glass in, upside down! Instead of the ice going into my glass, it hit the upside-down bottom of the glass and sprayed everywhere.! There was nothing wrong with the ice dispenser, but there was something wrong with me!

There are many times in which we think we are saying the right words or doing the right thing when we actually are messing up! That is when we need humility. Instead of claiming that we always know what we are doing, humility helps us see ourselves as we really are. Humility helps us laugh at ourselves and be willing to learn new things.

Let us pray: Lord, we love to think we are always right in what we say and do, but we know very well that isn’t true. Please give us the “eyes” to see ourselves as we really are, to laugh at ourselves and laugh with you, the God who loves us. Amen.”