Email: Humility is... [DB]

Of course our gifts are from the Giver! Saying we have them gives us no credit personally, nor should we take any. I have noticed among Christians often however a false humility, or downplaying those gifts in an attempt to deflect attention from self to God; but humans are more than worms. We are not merely Calvinist chess pieces; Mary the Mother of God was more than an empty shell "full of grace." How we respond to grace, and make our choices in life, matters. Seeds cannot grow in arid soil; and rich soil comes from choosing to remain or become so. It gives God greater, not less credit, to acknowledge (not deny or downplay) our gifts -- and to use them! Just so our perception is true and not colored or refracted by pride or conceit.