I have recently started using Twitter with more vigor – more on the following end then the tweeting end, however I do tweet to keep my family and friends up to speed on the mundane in my life. But seriously, I find it a great way to discover ideas and get a glimpse of other things going on out there.
Also, I have been spending time thinking about myself in relationship to God and other people. This is one of the elements of my New Years statement on wanting to be obsessed. Anyway, I’ll return to that later in the week, I think, but its the cross roads of these two thoughts – Twitter and relationships that I wanted to share today.
(Yes, what a goofy introduction, I hope you are still hanging with me)
So, one the tweets I read this weekend pointed me to a blog by an author named Donald Miller. He is just releasing some new material that I thought seem interesting, so I keep his page up on my browser for a few days with the intention of stopping back by and reading it. Well the weekend took other turns and when I returned and refreshed he had posted a new article, one I felt worth sharing.
The post is about humility and knowledge. Take time to read it here. He tells a tale about how knowledge puffs up. Its a struggle we all deal with, ok, maybe just me. But really, as we gain knowledge and wisdom, we can battle feeling “better” or being condescending to others who may have just not learned that yet. Maybe its your role to teach them? Maybe its your role to make those around you better? Maybe its your role to simply apply that knowledge to the way you treat other people? Either way, humility and love seem to go hand in hand. I could not help but read this and think back to 1 Cor 13.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; (1 Corinthians 13:4, New King James Version)
or Proverbs 3:34 (actually James 4, who is quoting Proverbs)
34 He mocks proud mockers
but gives grace to the humble.
So take some time to read his post. And as you gain wisdom, also gain humility.
“The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.”
-T.S. Eliot