on humility again

Humility is not so much a matter of putting oneself down and trampling on one's self esteem. Nor is it pretending to be deaf when a friend approaches you and tells you how much he admires your writing style.

It is owning up to the fact that God is the Sovereign Lord of the earth, and that one is a mere finite creature. It is an admission of complete dependence on His will, that one's entire existence is nothing but an undeserved gift from Him.

Humility is the most admirable of all virtues because it ascribes glory not to its possessor, but to God.