President Benson had a few things to say about humility; a trait we
all could use some improvement on, most likely.
“Let us choose to be humble.”
Humility is a choice. Love is a choice. Patience is a choice.
“We can choose
to humble ourselves by forgiving those who have offended us.”
It is important to forgive our spouse, children, co-workers,
ward members, friends, parents, and ourselves.
“We can choose
to humble ourselves by rendering selfless service.”
When we serve others, we look beyond ourselves and our own
wants. I just listened to a conference talk by Sister Cordon, in which she told
of a story of Amy, a woman with cancer. She said on a day when she could take
no more, her husband said that they needed to find someone to serve. As she took
part in the serving, she began to forget herself. Amy said that service saved
her life. She found strength in trying to relieve other’s suffering.
“We can choose to humble ourselves by
getting to the temple more frequently.”
The temple is a blessing, not a burden. Not only can we help
redeem the dead, we can receive personal revelation and have a couple of hours
of peace from this crazy world.
“We can choose to humble ourselves by
confessing and forsaking our sin and being born of God.”
Sometimes, even the little things can put our spiritual
selves out of whack. We need to do all we can daily to be more like the Lord.
“We can choose to humble ourselves by
loving God, submitting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives.”
How often do we say,
“I’ve got this” or “Yep, that was totally my brain child”? Heavenly Father is
aware of all that we do. He knows our needs, even our piddly, daily ones. All
that we have and are is because of Him. We need to humble ourselves so that we
can hear those promptings, those feelings, that will lead us closer to Him
through service and love for others. He already knows the ending; shouldn’t we
trust in what we are given?
