Humility means recognizing
both our limitations and potential, recognizing where we need others and where
we can make a contribution to meeting the needs of others. Humility graciously
accepts both dimensions—our limitations and need for others and our potential,
our ability to contribute to the well-being of others. The former does not
diminish us; the latter does not inflate us. With sober judgment we simply
accept who we are. And this humility is essential for effective discernment.[1]
[1]Gordon T. Smith, Listening
to God in Times of Choice: The Art of Discerning God’s Will (Downers Grove,
IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997), 90-91.
