[tweetthis]”If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.” ~ Ted Turner[/tweetthis]

The Bible is full of all kinds of interesting truths that can turn your life upside down–or at least bounce you on your head a little. Humility is one of those subtle topics that’s easy to trip over. Here’s an example from 1 Peter 5:5:

… and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

What are You Wearing?

Though at first glance this appears to be a bit of fashion advice, this is one of those Bible truths that will stop you up short. One thing’s for sure, you won’t see this style on display a Paris fashion show. You won’t ever hear Hollywood stars interviewed at the Oscars, “What are you wearing? Oscar de la Humility?

To some people, humility is kind of a bad word. A word that most of us are a little uncomfortable with.  It’s one of those things that everybody knows they should do…but how many of us really want to be humble?

Got Humility?

When you were a kid, and somebody asked you what you wanted to be when you grow up, how many of you said, “humble?”

Anyway….as I’ve been thinking about humility, I’ve realized there are some things you should not say IF  you want to be humble.

[tweetthis]5 Things You Should Not Say if You Want to be Humble[/tweetthis]

#1   “Look at Me!  Look at Me!”

Don’t yell this out in a crowded room. My mamma always told me that calling undue attention to myself wasn’t humble, or ladylike. This kind of thing works fine if you are five years old, showing off your best cannon ball on the diving board. For adults, it just doesn’t work.

#2  “Wow!  Did you see what I just did?  Wasn’t it great!”

Here again, calling undue attention to yourself.  Not to mention that there can be, and often is, somebody around who can do whatever it is that you just did, better than you can.

#3  “I can’t do that…I might break a nail.”

If you want people to see your humility, never let them think you’re  more concerned about your manicure than you are with helping them.  Nobody likes to play second fiddle to a fingernail!  If somebody asks you to do something, be willing to help out.

#4 “What is wrong with you!”

Anti-humility translation: “I’ve got it together and you obviously don’t.”  Nobody likes to hear that, but it sure is easy to say, especially when your mad!  You might as well be upfront about it and just say what you mean.  However, if I remember correctly, God has a lot to say about not judging others…

Remember that part about  looking at the speck in your brother’s eye and not seeing at the log in your own eye.? Of course if you got a log in your eye, you probably can’t see much of anything…but that’s the whole point isn’t it?

#5 ”I’ll never forgive you!”

Warning, this is s a hard one.  We like to hold tight to our rights, but humility remembers that we are all sinners and all quite capable of making a mess of things.

A Little Homework

So here’s your homework–yes there can be homework on a blog. I am the writer and that makes me queen in this little universe…oops, that wasn’t a very humble thing to say. Use this list to help you feel great about being humble.

Anybody Remember This?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCsNunGnqE0

Call to action: Send this post to anyone you think needs to work on humility. Just kidding, I hope you’ll pass this along just because it made you smile.

Actually, I”d love to add to my list of things not to say, so please leave a comment with your suggestions and let’s keep the fun rolling.