Saturday Morning Scriptures and Stuff...."Humility"

Hey guys and gals.... I missed writing my Saturday morning blog last week because I was in GA with my good friends James Casto and Carole Ford performing at Chukkar Farms AND getting the honor of helping with the worship music at Roswell United Methodist Church.  That was one of the highlights of my week!
   My buddies, Ellen and Monica, drove down to GA with me (oh, and Sunny too!) and the fall foliage was SO beautiful.  Truly stunning going over Monteagle Mountain. 



Anyway, it's good to be home and back to my regular Sat morning routine.  Read a great daily devotion last week about Humility.

"Humility is a strange thing.  The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Understanding, deep within our soul, that God is in charge of our life removes our fear and anxiety.  Quietly, then, we receive the gift of humility.

The realization that we are only responsible for our own actions lifts a great burden from our shoulders.  We know humility each time we agree to let God take charge of the rest.  The burden of all outcomes is rightly God's.

Humility teaches us that we will know just what we need to know at the moment we need it -- now and in the future.  These moments that are claiming our attention now are all we need be concerned with.  God will offer us every message we need in the quiet of our soul when the time is right.  We can be at ease.

Today I will humbly accept my responsibilities in life and be glad that God will take care of the rest."


Because I struggle with self-confidence on a daily basis, I thought I had humility in the bag.  But after reading this, I realized that I still have a long way to go on that.  Why?  Well because....

1. I still want to carry the burden of all outcomes.  (silly me)

2. I want God to clue me in on His plans ahead of time.  "C'mon God, we partners, right?   I don't want to be on a 'need to know' basis!  Give me the road map of the future NOW so I know what's coming around the corner!" -- Sigh.  I guess I DO need to work on some humility.

   I will say that I've been making a strong effort this week to adjust my thinking and TRULY turn some things over to God that have been in my tight grasp for awhile now.   It certainly has made my heart a little lighter to know that I gave those things away and I truly don't have to carry them around anymore.

How about you guys?  Have you been desperately holding on to something that you were hesitant to turn over to God because you were afraid that He might not handle it the way YOU wanted it to be handled?   It ain't easy sometimes, that's for sure.    Just try loosening your grip this week on ONE thing that you've been desperately holding on to.  Watch and see how much lighter your burden feels.  God's got it.  He does.  And what I've found is that usually His plans for ANY situation are SOOOO much cooler than the ones I had!

Ya'll have a great weekend!