Derek’s Reviews > Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul > Status Update

"Of all human experiences, death is the most humbling. To be so finally and completely stripped of our ability, to be so tangibly reminded that we are nothing "but dust." No other experience can do for us what death does. I wonder sometimes if this is why we must die. Why the punishment for our pride is final and total humility. Why the cure for our pride is final and total humility."

Perhaps the final and fullest expression of human pride is complete and utter hopelessness, a view of the world that has so dismissed God that nothing matters anymore. Because pride leads us to reject God, we end up trusting ourselves. But..when the brokenness of the world presses in, when we feel the weight of our own helplessness, we succumb to listlessness and despondency. Nothing has purpose. Nothing has meaning.

"If your thankfulness is rooted in comparison, it will evaporate in an instant."

"Remember that humility, itself, is not an emotional state. Humility is not feeling a certain way about yourself, not feeling small or low or embarrassed or even humiliated. Theologically speaking, humility is a proper understanding of who God is and who we are as a result "

"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."