Heyyy there all you beautiful komos!!

How in the world are you?! Firstly, I just want to say thank you to all of you who have been emailing us and commenting on the blog page- Amy and I just LOVE hearing for you all! It is such a blessing to us to hear how God is working in each of your lives, so keep 'em coming!

Today, I want to encourage you in what is called humility. What is humility? Humility is the opposite of pride. Being humble means not being prideful. But, as humans and sinners by nature, we are all tempted to be prideful. We are tempted to think of ourselves as better than others. And we are tempted to think that we can be good on our own- that we don't need God.

Being HUMBLE starts when we understand who we are in relation to Christ. JESUS is Lord, and He is perfect! Jesus has no sin. WE are sinful. But because God loves us so much, He sent Jesus to die for all of us! (John 3:16) We become humble when we realize how much we NEED Jesus and his forgiveness for our sins.

Jesus set a great example for us on how to be humble. If anyone deserves the right to be prideful, it is GOD, who created the whole universe and knows everything that has happened and will ever happen (WOW!). But God sent His son Jesus to earth to become a man. Jesus was humble by becoming a human and walking the earth among all the sinners in the world, even though he was perfect. And not only did he live as a man, but he was ridiculed and beaten and hung on a cross- all for us.

If you can, grab your Bibles and turn to Philippians 2:5-8
"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross!"

Jesus loves us so much! These verses show us that Jesus was selfless. And as Christians, we are called to be like Christ. Look again at verse 5: our attitudes should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. So how do we have the attitude of Christ? When God decided to send Jesus to earth to die on the cross for us, what was Christ's attitude? Did he say, "God, I am perfect and holy, I am way to good to serve these sinful humans." No! He was HUMBLE and he made that sacrifice for us. Jesus was willing to put GOD first, OTHERS second and himself third.

Think about ways you can be more humble this week, and ask God to make you more like Jesus. Here are some things to think about:

1. How can you be a better servant to God?

2. How can you be a better servant to others? (look at Philippians 2:3-4)

3. What are some areas where you need to be less selfish?

We love you SO MUCH, girls! And we miss you!! Comment with any questions or feedback, or just to let us know that you read it!

Keep seeking God with all of your hearts, girls! :)

Abbi