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I am the most humble and truthful person.
Explanation
Left to myself, I am an unholy man. I have unclean lips. I have unwashed hands.
For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.
Romans 7:15-19, ESV
And yet, I believe in my heart that I am good. I do well. People should listen to me and look to me for answers. I say what is true and right and necessary. I believe that while I lie and hurt and harm and even kill with my anger and my words.
I need to be reminded every day, every hour, every minute of every hour of every day, that I need Christ. I am thankful that Jesus has taken this poor imposter of a man and has blessed me with new life.
So to remind myself of all this, I remember with irony that which is false: I am the most humble and truthful person. I always do good. My works stand on their own. My tower to heaven, the one I built with my own strong hands, designed with my great mind, is blessed and holy. I am like God in my handsome and wonderful works.
Oh, the shame of such thoughts when I really mean them. I need to be reminded every day that I am an imposter, but not like the syndrome. The syndrome is a “woe is me” pitiable kind of pride that seeks to mar the image of God placed within me. This too must be put to death within me.
No, I must know that this imposter must not pretend to be more than the image of God, but also not one iota less.
“You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honor enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.”
Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis
See also STFL #16.