Humility of heart is the capacity just to be for the sake of God. he called us into being. What more could one ask than the enjoyment of it? We did not ask for it; we did nothing to attain it. It is; and yet we cannot fully enjoy it without humility of heart. We always want to know, "what am I going to do with this being? Do I like it or don't I?" We are able to ask this because we are free to be. And that freedom is what distinguishes us from the rest of material creation. One way of entering into this fundamental Christian attitude is to learn once again what it means just to be -- to allow ourselves to rest before God with the being he gave us, with no other intention, effort, or purpose, except to surrender that being back to him. This is the orientation of contemplative prayer and the ultimate purpose of every genuine spiritual exercise.
Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
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