Scraping off the Grime

So lately I have been praying for humility.  I can feel it build a huge wall inside of me when it comes to dealing with the relationships in my life. It's not that I think I'm better than everyone else, its the fact that my own priorities and feelings always come first in my life. Paul writes "put yourself aside, and help others to the top," to the Philippines. Why is this so hard for people in our society to embrace? It makes me sad, that our own egos and priorities are what is preventing us from building the type of relationships that Christ wants us to have. 

I have been considering the relationships I have in my life and I think a major barrier is my own personal ego, my unwillingness to let my own priorities sink to the bottom of my list. I've been praying for God to break me, to strip me of my pride so that I can truly live the servant life, and take a step toward the type of relationships that Christ wants me to have. I'm not saying its been easy; one of the hardest things to do is to swallow your pride and not feel sorry for yourself, but even though its hard and it hurts, I am trying to praise Him for the ways in which he is humbling me and putting me down so that I can clear my heart completely out to "help other to the top".