The Fourth Branch: Humility

A proper (and accurate) estimation of one's place in the Grand Scheme--neither too low or too high, as the apostle admonished--befits a Christian. We accept responsibility for all the many ways in which we fall short of the mark and we gratefully acknowledge God as the source of all good things, even the very sustainment of our lives from breath to breath. Humility puts God in his proper place (the sovereign Lord of all) and us in ours. Similarly, we learn to hold lightly the esteem of the world.