Apple pie, sweet potato pie, key lime pie, lemon meringue pie, and the one that most don’t willingly select: Humble Pie. Humble Pie eating moments are those moments that make you realize that you messed up, you were wrong, you made a poor choice. No one ever says “Hmm, today looks like a great day to learn a lesson in humility.” But even those moments have a purpose. They are often needed to help us recognize our limitations, to see that we are not all we would like to believe we are.
Recently, I learned that a couple of people who were close to me were wounded by my actions or perhaps my inaction. After hearing this, my first reaction was to be upset that they were upset about things that I considered minor. A part of me began to think of reasons why I was not wrong, reasons why I had done my best and why this really wasn’t my fault. But the more I thought about it and listened to the story from a different perspective, I realized I was wrong and that I could have done better. I could have exerted more energy to the situation, I could have invested more time. Simply put, I was wrong (Insert Humble Pie Eating Moment Here).
Yes, I could have stuck to my guns and fought for my rights. But often times, my desire to “fight” hinders my ability to understand how others feel – right or wrong – a person is hurt. Perhaps, it wouldn’t cost me much to humble myself and reach out. Perhaps, I could put myself in this person’s shoes for a few moments and consider the situation through his/her eyes.
In these situations, Pride rears its head and puffs us up. It says -How dare you blame me? I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m not going to be the first to apologize. What if I allowed Humility to win this one? I’m sorry I hurt you. What can I do to better this situation? It’s not about me right now, its about you. Please forgive me.
We make mistakes sometimes; we make poor judgement calls and we hurt those we love the most. But it is what we do with those moments that makes a difference. 1 Peter 5:5-6 advises us to be clothed in humility towards each other. There is grace in humility. God favors those who are humble and not puffed up.
Lord, help me to see my error when others are hurt. Let me not just blame others but own up to my role in the situation. Thank you for the humbling experiences that are designed to help me keep my eyes on You.
Lydia Karnga
June 4, 2014God has being good to me all the time even when I did't know it, I tell you this; the hardest thing that I had to do in my life is to be a true christian,to be humble, forgiving, be loving towards those that really look down and hurt me in every way possible than turn around an say to them, I am sorry, to do this I have to make a conscience decision every morning to clothed myself in humility and let God's grace lead me.
J.Harris
June 4, 2014@Sis Lydia, God sees everything we do from the heart and it does not go unnoticed to Him! Thanks for reading 🙂