Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul

by Hannah Anderson

the humility that brings us rest is the same humility that frees us to be the people God created us to be.

Failure at small things reminds us of how helpless we are in this great, wide world. When little things spiral out of control, they remind us that even they were never within our control in the first place. And this is terrifying.

When we believe that we are responsible for our own existence, when we trust our ability to care for ourselves, we will have nothing but stress because we are unequal to the task. You

The rest that Jesus offers only comes when we humble ourselves and submit to Him.

those of us who are busy “working for Jesus” may be the first to miss that we are struggling with pride because it can hide behind our good intentions.

The trouble, of course, is that it is our very pride that keeps us from being healed of our … pride.