Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Creative Challenge 266: Humble

When I think of the word humble, my first and foremost picture that comes to mind is Jesus on the cross. He was the most humble of human beings in the life that he lived; on his road to the cross he was humiliated, despised, rejected by many, including the Roman authorities; his death was among the most humiliating, dishonourable deaths that one could die at that time in history, since it was a criminal's and insurrectionist's death; yet paradoxically, for those who are graced with the gift of faith, his humble, self-sacrificing death atones for the sins of humankind, and God's power and love is revealed through the weakness and humiliation of the crucified Jesus. Be sure to check out the other entries here.

8 comments:

tesstruhartz said...

Simply said, and true humility

Anonymous said...

very beautiful...a humbling reminder!

MitchyLR said...

A simple photo to illustrate a simple message, but an important one to so many people.

Belita Isabel Janeira said...

Those are words tha are very meaningful to a chuncky slice of the world's population. Nice shot!

Danette said...

yes he certainly was
...and the bible teaches us many things about being humble

Dim Lamp said...

Indeed, there is much in the Bible on being humble.

Pat Gerber-Relf said...

Nicely said

Dim Lamp said...

Pat, coming from you, I take that as a compliment, since I recall reading one of your posts on your blog a while back stating you did not have too much to say about religion or faith.