Jeremy Taylor’s list of rules to
exercise humility is intense. Reading this whole thing opened my eyes to many
things and convicted me hard core. Many of the rules were hard for me because I
can be prideful in areas of my life, but many of the rules are also easy for me
because I tend to think lowly of myself.
If I had to choose the rule that
is easiest for me to follow I’d choose rule number eleven, “When you are
slighted by someone, or feel undervalued, do not harbor any secret anger,
supposing that you actually deserved praise and that they overlooked your
value, or that they neglected to praise you because of their own envy.” This is
probably easiest for me to follow because most of the time I don’t like it when
people praise me for things. I don’t like it when people give me attention or
honor. I like playing in the background unnoticed.
On the other hand, the rules, hands
down, hardest for me to follow would be the two similar ones, numbers six and ten.
Six reads, “Never say anything, directly or indirectly, that will provoke
praise or elicit compliments from others… do not let praise for yourself be the
design of your conversations.” Ten reads, “Some will speak lowly of themselves
in order to make others give an account of their goodness.” Although I like
playing the background and I hate attention or praise, every now and then when
I start feeling worthless or unimportant, instead of listening to what God says
about me, I start fishing for compliments, especially from people I look up to.
I absolutely love it when people that are important to me give me compliments.
I became aware of this in high school and I've been working on it since. I've gotten better at not doing it, but it still happens sometimes.
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