My Humility and how the Lord helps me get it

Humor has helped me in so many instances of my life. There have only been a hand full of times that I couldn't at some point laugh about what has happened to me. I credit most of this to my Mother. She loved to laugh . We had a lot of laughs together, from my telling silly jokes to paying games with her to just doing fun things together.

It helps in embarrassing situations to be able to laugh (if you can). There have been two very embarrassing situations in my life that I found it very hard to laugh about, when they first happened.

Music has been a very big part of my life. I sang in the "cherub" choir in my church growing up, the junior choir and the teen choir. Music has continued to be a very big part of my life. In Guelph I sang with the Praise Team and loved it. One Sunday morning I was to sing with the Team. In the group was Jim Smith, Dan Chapman, Janis Woodcock and myself. I think Jean Earls was on the piano. We had practiced the day before and were all ready to do a good job.

Jean played the introduction to the song and we all should have started to sing, but I was the only one to start to sing. For some reason no one else on the team sang a note. Since I had a microphone in my hand close to my mouth, it came out pretty loud. What was so mortifying was the fact that everyone in the church laughed (they weren't being mean, just thought it was funny). Even the other members of the Praise Team laughed. Of course, I didn't think it was very funny (at the time), since it was me that had made the blunder. I was so embarrassed that I could hardly keep going, but I did. It was hard to keep a smile on my face when I was so humbled inside.

The Lord used this in "my process of growing in humility." When I think of His humility of taking on the form of man and laying aside His glory for me, I am humbled. What is my small embarrassment compared to the humility He suffered on the cross, dying for my sins, when He had no sin. His love for me and the world is so great. I do praise Him for allowing things to come into my life so that my focus will be on Him. I thank Him also for helping me to laugh about this now.