glad to be His

"For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence." {I Corinthians 1:26-29}

"How thankful we should be that we, too, have been called to partake of the goodness and the grace of God. And how we should strive to learn this lesson of humility, glad to be considered babes, if God's will may but be revealed to us; glad to be considered foolish, and weak, and base, and glad to be despised so that we may but be counted among God's 'hidden ones', and Christ's sheep. Glorying not in the flesh, but giving all glory for all things, position, wealth, talents, health--everything--to Him to whom it rightly belongs; recognizing that, in very truth, we are but poor weak instruments in many ways to be used in the Master's service, but still rejoicing that He condescends to use us; and so--striving to do His work perfectly, to the best of our ability, using our one, or five, or ten talents as best we can, and endeavoring to walk worthy of our high calling of God--we may be prepared for that day that will dawn upon the earth when the once crucified Christ will come again with healing in his wings..."