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Always stay humble and kind.
It isn’t always easy to do, in fact, some days I feel like those two traits are literally the two hardest things to live out. When it seems like customers are only complaining and the one day I get to sleep in I get woken up by the lawn mower outside my window, the last thing I want to do is to be kind. But we’re called to love others all the time, not just when we’re in a good mood and feel like it. It is incredibly hard to do and we’re probably going to fail daily, but it does make an incredible difference.
We live in America, the more money and possessions you have the better of a person you are, right? We live with a mindset that if you buy a new fancy car or have brand name clothes people will think more of you. We live in a culture that constantly focuses on endorsing yourself. I also find myself living in this culture, and quickly get humbled when I go to places that don’t have as much stuff. We feel entitled to get things because we worked for them, but ultimately everything come from the Lord.
Haiti was my first international mission trip. I’ve been on one within the states before this, and it was also impacting, but there is something extremely different about international mission trips and I just can’t put it into words. There is something about seeing people overflow with happiness with less STUFF than I will probably ever have. They’re happy with one outfit that is made up of holes and doesn’t match. I will be gone for 11 months and I will be moving back home for a little bit before I leave in October, and seeing how much stuff I have makes me cringe. Even if I wore a different shirt every day, I would still have some I haven’t even touched. I honestly think we all need to experience different cultures so we can see what our culture is really like. It is humbling, and very impacting.
Support raising is another incredibly humbling ordeal. Asking people for support financially or prayerfully is not the easiest thing for me to do. But, one thing I’ve learned is how amazing people are and how their generosity blows me away. It’s humbling when I get a notification telling me someone else has donated to the adventure God has put me on. It’s humbling asking for help. And, it is humbling when I think about how powerful our God is and how he has completely changed my life.
In Tim McGraw’s song there is a line that says, “It wont be wasted time, always stay humble and kind.” These two things that sometimes seem like the hardest to do are more impactful than we give credit to. I think we all know a person who lives out these two characteristics everyday, and my wish is that we all would be consumed with living that way. We wont ever regret being humble or kind, and I’ve never heard of anyone overdosing on them yet, so lets try it.
Always stay humble and kind.
