Faces of Humility

I was flipping through The Epoch Times and caught a few interesting articles. The first reads "German Chancellor Teaches Chinese Officials a Lesson". Angela Merkel was in China last month. During her stay there, her humble attitudes have cause a stir among the Chinese. She was found waiting in line with other shoppers at the supermarket. She chose to dine at the hotel restaurant with other residents over a banquet hall that was used to receive VIPs. I can imagine that a person like her would be given first class treatment everywhere she goes. We are so used to putting up the red carpet whenever someone important comes. But she has shown that a person in power does not needs to live extravagantly and be given special privileges. Whether its a beggar or a king, both are equally precious in God's eyes. ( Job 31:15 - Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers ?)

The second reads "South Korea's Top Spy Under Fire for Taliban Mission". Apparently, the spy chief who was instrumental in the release of the hostages in Afghanistan went too far in exposing his role in the negotiations which went against the agency's motto "work in the shade in pursuit of light". Probably not meant in that sense , but this reminds me of Jesus' words in Matt 6:3. "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing".
We do not work in the shade for the sake of being in the shade but that people may not mistake us for the light.

And the last one is "Two IBM Discoveries Add Promise for Nano-computing". IBM scientist has learned to steer single atoms so that they can be used to created ultra-tiny storage devices. When asked about how this may one day form the basis of future innovation, they gave a candid answer. "Put yourself in the situation of people in the late 70s, where they had a roomful of computing equipment that could basically do what you can do nowadays on your cell phone," one scientist commented."They would have given you some really stupid answers". We may take pride in our knowledge and have answers for everything that people throw at us. But one day, when we shall know not in part , but in full, i believe we may laugh at what we thought we knew. Do not get me wrong. I am not against acquiring knowledge. For how can you have humility when you have nothing to be proud of ? Humility is when we seek the truth with all our capacities, to turn around and say, I know nothing.