Humility's Choices

Humility's Choices
by Melissa Haskin

Wait.

Listen.

Have the impossible.
Freedom.


Humility makes choices.
Of trust.
Of hope.
Of laying down of rights.
What of vain imaginations?
Imaginations of vanity?
To ponder and meditate upon self?
Self-conscious or selflessly FREE TO LOVE?
What of self to be found "inside" another identity... the infinite, immeasurable identity of LOVE?
What of this: My real life, my true self, is HIDDEN in CHRIST With with with WITH... hidden... IN HIM... in CHRIST... Jesus the Christ... WITH GOD?? Even now? hidden in Christ with God. What of Humility's choices?

"You walk through the walls. You come down, wave after wave, at the sound of my praise. I gotta worship! This is what I was made for." Jonathan David Helser

"You live in the tension of Creation. YOU decide what IS BEAUTIFUL!" -Jason Upton

Humility frustrating pride, frustrating gratification. Causing tension to the soul. Causing tension to the flesh which cries out for attention. But blessed are the MEEK for they shall INHERIT the earth. Meekness... strength... restrained. Think of the most brute, unstoppable display of thunderous strength displaying itself as the weakest of these? The weakest of these? The Lamb of God slain before the foundations of the world.

Jesus.

Humility, the Willing? The Willing? The Willing? The leper asked... "Lord if you are willing, I SHALL BE HEALED." He replied, "I am willing, BE HEALED!" Humilty... the willing. Humility the cover. Extending light into unopened rooms. Unlocking doors. Unlocking love?

"Hope means I'm holding onto You. Grace means You are holding onto me, too." -JJ Heller

Humility, the response from the RECESS OF THE KING'S TREASURE cove of diamonds. Release.

Humility, the breath that breathes in: I AM LOVED... I AM SECURE...
Humility breathes out: Thank You. Thank you. Thank you.

Humility says, "It's all gonna be ok." Humility displays itself with fruits of the Spirit. Expresses itself with the character of Love. Paints on canvases of opportunity with strength of identity and restrains the impatient restless haze. Humility is content. So willing. So trusting and ready to be: EMPTIED.

So empty me. Until only He remains. Until only He remains. Until Only HE REMAINS.