Humility

So! Today my companion and I gave a training on Humility! WOW! I have spent the past week thinking and pondering and praying about what to share. I dedicated a few of my personal study hours in the mornings to learn more! This morning I found a particularly AWESOME scripture and it really stood out to me! As I was giving the training this morning, I couldn't find it...and then when I sat down I found it! The Lord must have been telling me not to share it. haha! But It IS fabulous so I will share it now!
It was in Mosiah 4:11-12
"And again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance of the greatness of God, and your own nothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken bu the mouth of the angel. And behold, I say unto you that if ye do this ye shall always rejoice, and be filled with the love of God, and always retain a remission of your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory of him that created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and true."
There are fabulous blessings promised here when we are humble and acknowledge our Fathers awesomeness! Also, I found SO many other great scriptures but I shall control myself and only share one more! =) I LOVED a scripture that I found in Proverbs 27:1-2, It says
"Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips."
ok, so story time! I read this scripture and immediately was reminded of an experience that happend earlier this week. We had gone to a first lesson and it went great! The spirit was there and we extended a baptismal date. Well, after the lesson, we were so excited and sent out a zone message saying how we were so excited that we got a date! WELL! Two days after we sent out that message, we had that person drop us and explain that they weren't quite ready for the gospel in our lives.
That first part of that scripture says "thou knowest not what a day brings forth" and anyways, it wasn't OUR baptismal date. It was the Lords. I was extremely humbled!
I am so blessed for this opportunity I had to study on humility! Obviously it is something that I need to work on! There are no coincidences when God is in charge right? =)
After all, I am a representative of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the ultimate perfect person and greatest example of humility! Wasn't it Jesus Christ who healed the sick and then immidiately said "See thou tell no man; but go thy way" (Matthew 8:4) He sought no recognition for the miracles he performed! It was Jesus Christ who said "And the glory be thine forever.", speaking to his Father.
Humilty is recognizing that everything we have and will have is because of our Creator, our God, and giving him the credit for it.