(A Daily Reflection on Divine Mercy)
The glorious virtue of humility must be understood,
continually pondered and continually embraced.
What is humility? It is nothing
other than knowing the truth about yourself, believing that truth and living in
accord with that truth. Only you and God
know the depths of your conscience.
Human opinion matters little.
Some may offer false judgments of you presuming your pride or another
sin. And at other times some may speak
words of flattery, exaggerating your virtue from impure motives. Neither false criticism nor words of flattery
foster humility because they both have as their intention something other than
the truth. Some holy souls may even seek
to misrepresent the truth of who they are by either exaggerating their holiness
or by misrepresenting their misery so as to gain the praise or sympathy of
others. But, again, humility has as its
goal the truth of who we are. Seek to
know and believe the full truth of your life, and then seek to live that truth
openly and honestly. This purity of
intention will allow your true self to emerge, and through this humble act the
Lord will shine forth from your soul (See Diary #1502-1503).
Ponder today the truth of who you are. Seek complete honesty in regard to your
actions and your intentions. Understand
yourself and seek to know yourself as God knows you. Doing this will foster great humility. As you grow in humility, see also the truth
of God and His greatness. Humbly
acknowledge all that God does for you.
Seeing God at work within you and honestly expressing this with
gratitude will allow Him to shine forth beautifully for all to see. This is truth and this is humility.
Lord, I desire to know the
truth of who I am. I seek this truth and
desire to allow it to shine forth with honesty and integrity. I pray also that I see Your greatness and
acknowledge Your workings in my life.
You are glorious, dear Lord. May
this truth shine forth. Jesus, I trust
in You.
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