Humility

dad impressed and challenged me this morning.

i've been using my parents car the last few days while one of ours is in the garage getting fixed.

this morning i picked dad up for breakfast. i got in the passenger side so that dad could drive me to the cafe.

even though i had just driven for 30 minutes to pick up dad, the car wouldn't start when dad turned the key. the engine just kept turning over. 

dad said it happened every now and again with that car... and with a bit of rest, it will start perfectly again... so we sat in the car waiting.

he tried to start the about 5 or so times with the same result.

then he said to me "why don't we swap seats and you have a go?".

i got in the drivers seat, turned the key and the car fired up like there was nothing wrong.

reflecting on this... it took a lot of humility for dad to leave the drivers seat and give his daughter a go.

i think i would struggle to pass up my place in the drivers seat - because i would just think "i can do this myself & i don't need help".  i wouldn't want to be shown up by someone else.  but that sort of attitude is full of pride.

dad showed me what it looks like to be humble, and god used it to gently convict me of my own pride...

i saw that the practise of humility was an endearing and attractive quality

dad's pretty much an inspiration