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This is a chapter from my latest book called (G)rains (o)f san(d)s. Learn more about the book here.

Thank you God for humility. Until the day of judgement we are all equal. On the day of judgement we will be separated into the different levels of heaven and God forbid hell. None can judge us besides God. While we are alive, no human knows who is better than who in the sight of God. We are to wish each other well and treat each other with respect and kindness. We are all sinners. We just sin differently. We are all imperfect. We all have faults. We all have good ways. We are all capable of love. We are all products of circumstances. Humility is understanding all of this. It is recognizing that I am not God. That I do not know another person's entire story. That I am not qualified to place myself above anyone else. That the same God who sees my faults sees theirs. That the same mercy I ask for myself is mercy I should be willing to extend to others.

At some points life will humble you. This is just God reminding us of who is in charge and what our real mission and focus should be. This life is just a test and we are here to do as much good as possible. We come into this world with nothing. Not even a grain of sand. We fight for everything. Then we leave with nothing. Not even a grain of sand. How can we be arrogant when this is our reality? How can we be arrogant when God has the final say? How can we be arrogant when life is so fragile? God, we ask You to keep us humble. God we thank You for the humility that we have and ask You to bless us with more. Sometimes we curse our humble circumstances not recognising that these may be blessings in disguise. Poverty, sickness, disability, rejection, loneliness, disappointment, failure, hardship, weakness, unanswered prayers, closed doors, delays, and seasons of struggle are all blessings in disguise.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky has a message for us that I quite like, "Loving humility is marvelously strong, and there is nothing else like it." He then further says that, "Have no fear of people's sin. Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of divine love and is the highest love on earth. Love all God’s creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it." This has me asking if unconditional love is the highest form of humility? My friend says that unconditional love and humility are fundamentally two sides of the same coin: humility is the posture of the ego stepping down, while unconditional love is the action that takes its place. It might be most accurate to say that unconditional love is the ultimate expression or outcome of humility. We are meant to take the love that God gives us and give it to each other. We all need this love and this love is what will save us all in the end.
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