‘A
true genius admits that he or she knows nothing’
Albert
Einstein
This article title might
bring back memories of lyrics to a song released by an artist who shares the
first three letters of his stage name with a popular Nigerian gospel artist.
Okay, if you still have not guessed it right, oh well!
The subject of this
article lived years before our forefathers were born and was one of the closest
companions of the greatest human to have walked the face of the earth. He is
not the first person that will come to mind when one thinks about lowliness.
Before I overwork your brain with my puzzles, let me at least solve this one
for you.
Peter, as we all know,
was a fisherman and was appointed the head of the disciples of Jesus. His
occupation belonged to the same class as Jesus’. Is there really a difference
between a carpenter’s income and a fisherman’s?
However, their
occupations were the only area in which they could be somewhat held as equal at
least naturally. Peter was a year older than Jesus, was married and had a house
of his own, all of which could have been used as excuses not to follow and
learn at the feet of Jesus. After all, Jesus did not measure up to him in any
of these areas; he had no house of his own, no wife and was even younger than
him. He could have thought to himself, ‘how can a small boy control me?’
All these factors did
not deter him from following Jesus wholeheartedly, although he had flaws, he
was not slow to admit them, forgive himself and move on. He went on to become
one of the greatest apostles, a martyr, and wrote two books of the bible. He
even got a personal miracle from Jesus who healed his mother-in-law, the only
miracle ever performed by Jesus for any of his disciples.
I love quotes so let’s
keep this in mind:
‘A
great man is always willing to be little’
Ralph
Waldo Emerson
On a lighter note, I am
a horrible dancer, so I really do not think I can go that low.
a humble man is the man who has access to knowing it all
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