You know, there are some stories that are just so embarrassing you don’t even want to share them. Yet if you do, you not only minister to others, you allow yourself to experience truth. So here goes.
It was the mid-eighties. Our church leaders asked me to write a children’s Bible memory program that built from the first to the sixth grade. Our sons were in elementary school at the time. After initially hesitating, I agreed, and Well-Versed Kids was born. My good friends Barb, Kathy, and Millie all jumped in to help. (Once again, thank you, ladies.)
Well-Versed Kids was a success. Not only was our church using the program, but it was published by Navpress in 1988 and adopted by Christian schools and many home-schoolers as well.
So when I was invited to speak at a large Sunday school convention on Bible memory for children, I accepted. After all, I had a published book with my name on the cover on that very topic. Can you hear the pride? Ugh, like I said, some stories I don’t even like to remember.
My biggest memory of that day is not of how God used me to encourage Scripture memory in children but of my arrogance. In my mind, it oozed out as I responded to questions. Oh, how I hate writing that!
As I reflect on that day years later, God encourages me with these truths:
I’ve begun a list of the qualities of humility. I’d love to hear your thoughts as well. What might you add?
I want to keep learning. In the words of the psalmist, “He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way” (Psalm 25:9).
So, tell me, what are you learning about humility?
