<p>On humility<br><br>And that <b>is </b>enough to raise our thoughts /to what <b>may happen</b></p><p>/when [the <span style="color: #f89009;">redeemed</span> soul], beyond all hope and nearly beyond belief,</p><p><b> learns</b> at last that she <b>has pleased</b> Him //whom she <b>was created</b> to please. </p><p> </p><p>There <b>will be</b> no room for vanity then. </p><p> </p><p>She <b>will be</b> free from the miserable illusion //that it <b>is</b> her doing. </p><p> </p><p>With no taint of what we <b>should </b>now <b>call </b>self-approval </p><p>she <b>will </b>most innocently <b>rejoice </b>in the thing //that God <b>has made</b> her to be,</p><p>and [the moment //which <b>heals</b> her old inferiority complex forever] <b>will </b>also <b>drown</b> her pride /deeper than Prospero’s book. </p><p> </p><p>Perfect humility <b>dispenses </b>with modesty.</p><p> </p><p> If God <b>is <span style="color: #333333;">satisfied </span></b>with the work, the work <b>may be satisfied </b>with itself: </p><p>“it<b> is not </b>for her to bandy compliments with her Sovereign.”</p><p> </p><p>* BANDY 1. to discuss or mention (something) in a casual or informal way; 2. to say angry words in an argument argue.<br><br>From The Weight of Glory<br>Compiled in Words to Live By</p>
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