Humility
Do you really want to be humble? I think praying to be humble is as risky as praying to be patient. Even so, both are characteristics of Christ and we are to strive to pattern ourselves after Him.
Humility
Having written a piece or two on pride, it's time to see what I can do for humility on its side.
Humility is a singular gift, an asset toward which we strive,
Yet acquisition of such would be too much--
At that we cannot arrive.
Humility lasts until someone says, "My how humble you are,"
And pride is the bar, and "are" becomes "was" ["were"]
[If you really were.]
Humility is as difficult to achieve as any other attribute of Christ;
Because it is too high priced?
Humility requires work of a type we usually shirk;
Requires that daily cross-taking of a very heavy making;
Requires we look and focus with Christ our very locus;
Humility is more work than pride, and does not in our flesh reside.
While we are commanded to humble ourselves, we grumble instead;
What more can be expected of us? We think inside our big head.
Humility is more than we can bring ourselves to truly opt for,
Yet that is one of the things Christ went to the cross for.
Don't let His work be unfulfilled just because you are so self-willed.
Purpose as Christ to be self-sacrificed [Philippians 2; Luke 9:23].
To quote the apostle Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians:
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? Then if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? [4:7]