We all admire Humility when we see it.
Starting with poverty in spirit--an acknowledgment that in and of ourselves we are incapable of living holy lives pleasing to God--and proceeding through our mourning over personal sin, our hunger and thirst for righteousness, our experience of persecutions large and small, and more, we discover that Humility is itself a blessing: At every turn, God is present to us, giving grace to the humble and lifting us up to blessing..
But how do we practice it? How does humility--the foundational virtue of the normal Christian life--become a normal part of our everyday lives? Jerry Bridges sees in the Beatitudes a series of blessings from Jesus, a pattern for Humility in action.
We all admire Humility when we see it