Humility testimony

This is a private post for my own records. 

There was an experience with humility that is always in the back of my mind.  It was years ago but it's still vivid to me.  I've been around humble people before, and it struk me as a noble trait.  However, I had an experience that left a permanent memory.  There was a moment when I sensed a degree of humility emanating from the divine that was so compelling that when I encountered it, I was unable to maintain my composure. There was no pride in what emanated. The goodness of character was of such a degree that it permeated everything, namely my heart.  I lost it.  The obvious moral authority caused what felt like a loss or a draining of my own strength. The contrast between myself and what was communicated was too great to bear and it compelled surrender.  Had I not sat down I felt as though I would have fallen down.  

The good news of the Gospel I believe centers on the person of God and His attributes. It's very encouraging and very hope filling.  It leaves a permanent contrast in the mind. A contrast between the things of God vs everything down here in this fallen world. It resolves all dispute and question about who matters.  It's Him, it's Him who we need to get to know for life and salvation. I don't know why someone would fixate on a man, celebrity, or Church men and be satisfied with that when the Lord has declared himself knowable in the scriptures.  It's fun to get to know Him.   

I think the better definition of a testimony is not what someone believes, but something a person can testify of.  So with that definition, I have a testimony to some degree as I can testify of one aspect of God's nature.  He is humble, and meek.  In His words "I am meek and lowly of heart." This is truth.  

We all owe him everything.  We should listen to Him, and the messages He sends through those He has called.  All else is vanity.