Monday, May 28, 2007

Humility Prayer

Oh Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me.
- From the desire of being esteemed...Deliver me Jesus
- From the desire of being loved...
- From the desire of being extolled...
- From the desire of being honored...
- From the desire of being praised...
- From the desire of being preferred to others...
- From the desire of being consulted...
- From the desire of being approved...
- From the desire of being humiliated...
- From the fear of being despised...
- From the fear of suffering rebukes...
- From the fear of being calumniated...
- From the fear of being forgotten...
- From the fear of being ridiculed...
- From the fear of being wronged...
- From the fear of being suspected...
- That others may be loved more than I...Jesus grant me the grace to desire it
- That others may be esteemed more than I...
- That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease...
- That others may be chosen and I set aside...
- That others may be praised and I unnoticed...
- That others may be preferred to me in everything...
- That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should...
Dear Lord Jesus, teach me humility

This is a hard prayer. I've been saying it for three weeks now and the Lord has been showing me my pride left and right. It's gotten to the point where every moment I hear a voice saying "that's pride there...and there...and there. Oh, you think you're doing sooo well at pointing out pride! Guess what that is..."

As I was posting this I began to wonder if keeping a blog was a form of pride...of course it is. I think my thoughts are so great that someone might want to read them. Then I thought, no one reads my blog anymore! If anything this is an exercise in humility!

Well, I'll keep posting, perhaps in the future the Lord might guide someone to the site and work through me without my knowledge to help them. :) Not pride right? Of course not ;)

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