TOO HUMBLE
Ted was a new student at seminary. Upon meeting his roommate, Ted observed that Jerry also owned a trumpet. “Do you play well?” Ted asked. “Not that great,” Jerry replied. “How about you?” Jerry returned. “Oh. pretty fair,” the healthy-spirited Ted said. A little later when the trumpet tones actually sounded forth, Ted found himself embarrassed. Out of a supposed humility Jerry had stated that he wasn’t all that good, but he was practically orchestra-level material, whereas Ted came up pretty shabbily compared to Jerry’s abilities. Many Christians seem to think that humility means putting themselves down, saying that they are less than they really are. If I am a semi-pro baseball player and am asked how well I play baseball, it is not humility to say, “Oh, so-so”; it is lying. Humility is having an accurate assessment of our abilities –not too high, but also not too low. From Colossians and Philemon by Jim Townsend, published by David C. Cook
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