I am reading the book "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. I heard that it was an Oprah book club book and was reminded that years ago my sister and brother-in-law gave it to Nick.
I must admit at 973 pages, it's a little daunting as I generally only get time to read 3-4 pages in a sitting lately. However, I just kept hearing how great of a book it is, so I started it.
It took me a while to get into it, and I might not even be totally into it yet, even though I am on page 138-- but I am getting there more each time I read it. Oprah talked about it like she couldn't sleep at night because it was so good and had to read more. Again, so far that's not been my experience, but we'll see as time goes on.
Okay, so the quote I like.
The set up is two monks (Cuthbert and Philip) talking to one another. Cuthbert is trying to convince Philip to seek after the position of Prior of Kingsbridge, but Philip isn't sure he's experienced enough.
Cuthbert says, "When you are thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility."
Interesting, huh? How often to we let the sin of excessive humility dampen the work that God has us to do? Sometimes I think I am prideful about humility. How twisted is that? I am still thinking about it, so probably I will have more thoughts on that later.
Totally off-topic Post Script: The message today at our church was SO great. I will post the link to where it can be downloaded when it's available... Our pasto, Jonathan, is a really gifted speaker and has a way of making important Biblical concepts very relevant to our lives. I am feeling my toes stepped on a little bit today, but in a good way. (if that makes ANY sense...)
