Our Lord was born amongst animals, woe to us if we cannot humble ourselves and admit our faults to our brothers and sisters. Our Lord spent many years homeless, woe to us if we cannot find it in our heart to confess our wrong doings. Our Lord rode on a donkey, woe to us if on the account of our own arrogance we allow a brother to fall from the faith. Our Lord washed the feet of His disciples, woe to us if we do not lower ourselves and seek the forgiveness of our brothers although we may be blameless. Our Lord was beaten, tortured and spat upon, woe to us if we cannot crush our pride for the sake of winning over our brothers and sisters. Our Lord was crucified upon a cross, woe to us if on the account of our stubbornness that we fail see our own faults, on the account of our arrogance we point our fingers towards others but fail to examine ourselves and on the account of the darkness residing within us we fail to see the destruction that we are causing all around us.
Woe to us if we do not find it in our hearts to be humble, for Christ showed us by His many deeds that humility is the foundation of our faith and that we should follow His example by living in humility and servitude towards our fellow man.
Amen
Amen Lector. I love the comparison's you made between our unrighteous acts stemming from our pride, and Christ's perfect actions of humility which stem from His unconditional love for us.
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As Christians however, we are to look to Christ's perfect example of humility and imitate Him and His saints every day.
"Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted." Matt 23:12 NASB.
God bless you Lector :)