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The Second Chapter

HUMILITY

Meg: Humility is best when we don't compare ourselves to others, either up or down. Humility just is the way it is. No commentary. God is the judge and we are in the midst of other with our same tendencies. Notice how much peace of heart this right thinking, right acting and right relationship is!

BE NOT troubled about those who are with you or against you, but take care that God be with you in everything you do.

Keep your conscience clear and God will protect you, for the malice of others cannot harm one whom God wishes to help.

If you know how to suffer in silence, you will undoubtedly experience God's help. He knows when and how to deliver you; therefore, place yourself in His hands, for it is a divine prerogative to help and free us from all distress.

It is often good for us to have others know our faults and rebuke them, for it gives us greater humility. When a one humbles him/herself because of his/her faults, s/he easily placates and readily appeases those who are angry with her/him.

It is the humble one whom God protects and liberates; it is the humble whom He loves and consoles. To the humble He turns and upon them bestows great grace, that after their humiliation He may raise them up to glory. He reveals His secrets to the humble, and with kind invitation bids them come to Him.

Thus, the humble one enjoys peace in the midst of many vexations, because his trust is in God, not in the world. Hence, you must not think that you have made any progress until you look upon yourself as inferior to all others.