Humility

I am the first to admit I struggle with humility.  I struggle with the definition of humility and what it really means to be humble.  The google dictionary defines it as "a modest or low view of one's own importance; humbleness.  I actually have a problem with that definition.  "A low view of one’s own importance.  This is where my questions and confusion come in.   I have never understood how the scriptures say, "Ye cannot say that ye are even as much as the dust of the earth; yet ye were created of the dust of the earth; but behold, it belongeth to him who created you." All the while saying, "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God.  How and where does Humility come into play. I don't think humility is saying I'm ugly I'm stupid I'm no better than dirt but then again sometimes I think it is.  But is it humble to say I am of great worth because I am created by God. I am beautiful.  

I believe maybe the answer lies in the fact that our bodies are flawed and worth nothing and like the dust of the earth, but our soul is what is worth everything to the Lord.  Matt Walsh, a well known blogger and writer for "The Blaze" recorded a podcast about beauty.  The type of beauty the "Dove" campaign talks about.  This led him to the subject of self esteem.   He made a good point in the fact that in biblical times when people were mostly pretty religious the idea of "self love" or "self-esteem" didn't even exist. It wasn't until we became secular that this concept came up.  Jesus said "Love thy neighbor as thy self." Why was that the message then and now we hear so much about building yourself up?  Is it the fact that back then somehow we all thought of ourselves as the greatest of them all? There was much more pride then as opposed to now? Is it also pride that Satan now has started telling us that we aren't worth anything that we are ugly. Women especially fall into that pit more than men I think.  That dumb "One Direction" song "you don't know you're beautiful and that's what makes you beautiful." We have told ourselves as a society that it is cool to think we are ugly?

My husband and I talked about this and the subject of worth.  He said, "There really isn't anything tangible that has true value for all things are temporal and will not continue indefinitely unless refined by the spirit to an eternal state. Therefore temporal things only have the value that we (temporal people) place on them. So if I measure my value by any of these temporal things (be it how pretty I look, how well I do my calling, how many times I went to the temple last month, etc.) then I will be building my foundation of worth upon sandy soil. It is only through a correct understanding and proper application of who I truly am that I can build my personal worth upon an eternal bedrock that will never change or decay.

I think he is right. So what are some of your tips to becoming humble? Again I don't like the google definition of thinking "low" of yourself but maybe as long as you just have an awareness that you are dust of the earth and will return to dust but that your soul is loved and created by a perfect being. You are worth loving. You are worth a great deal, more than anything, in the sight of God. You are of great worth. I think that will help me to feel God's love more and to feel of my worth but also put me on the path to being humble before the Lord as well.

I'm learning just like everyone else so help me on my journey as we go through this together and dare to prepare.