Post by J13578 on Oct 29, 2005 15:20:32 GMT -5
"Humility is the root of Divine service, because it is the recognition that our strengths and weaknesses, our successes and failures, are all ours as gifts from the Orchestrator of the Universe.
Humility does not mean denying our talents. It means accepting that we are not the true source of those talents; accepting that the true source gave us those talents so we may fulfill a mission; and accepting that with those talents came a number of flaws, too.
Life is about choices. One of God's greatest gifts to us is our freedom to choose...and one of our most important choices is: Whose will do I serve? Whose mission plan do I follow? Who is really "number one"? God or I?"
Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
Humility does not mean denying our talents. It means accepting that we are not the true source of those talents; accepting that the true source gave us those talents so we may fulfill a mission; and accepting that with those talents came a number of flaws, too.
Life is about choices. One of God's greatest gifts to us is our freedom to choose...and one of our most important choices is: Whose will do I serve? Whose mission plan do I follow? Who is really "number one"? God or I?"
Rabbi Pinchas Avruch