Humility, or rather giving up pride

I recently ran across this quote that got me to thinking:

When I first became a Christian, about fourteen years ago, I thought that I could do it on my own, by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and wouldn't go to the churches and Gospel Halls;.... I disliked very much their hymns which I considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music. But as I went on I saw the merit of it. I came up against different people of quite different outlooks and different education, and then gradually my conceit just began peeling off. I realized that the hymns (which were just sixth-rate music) were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion and benefit by an old saint in elastic-side boots in the opposite pew, and then you realize that you aren't fit to clean those boots. It gets you out of your solitary conceit.

(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis

I've never read much C.S. Lewis, but what I have read shows that the man was a thinker, very insightful, perhaps even seminal. His comments above are close (at least) to the target of today's society - prideful human beings because they are isolated from certain thoughts: I am my brother's keeper, the Bible engages in a lot of 'group' or 'nation' thinking, without you I am diminished, attitude determines culture, and paradoxically - humility is the most important virtue.

Here is my thought, and I would ask your view: Humility as a quality, and humbleness in interaction with others, puts us in the very best possible connection with one another, and with the Almighty.

Or put another way, we are all just trying to figure life out, and when we stand at the foot of the cross, we begin to understand life, and our proper place in all of life..

Life date: 21,810 - the start of this blog

Wow - the Lord has given me so many new days - thanks, God! You are more gracious than I deserve.   Psalm 90:12              Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

I would like to use this blog to discuss what is on your heart as I share my heart. Please feel free to comment, react, and challenge whatever I post here. I do want the heart of wisdom Psalm 90:12 talks about, and the Holy Spirit may just use you to help me grow.

As a discussion starter, there is a lot that could be said about worship. The issue to raise here is - do you feel that God is serving you with His gifts when you come to a service? And what do you not get that you think you should when you enter a worship center? Are His servants getting in the way of the connection that you wish you had made with the Almighty?

I am looking forward to your point of view.....

Pastor Joe