grace-humiliates-the-ego

# Grace humiliates the ego Grace is always a humiliation for the ego (Joanna Thyer, on the Christian roots of the Twelve Steps). Compunction asks: have you mourned your weakness and failure? The path is not to be perfect but to be honest, humble enough that God can do the work. Gethsemane is Step 11 in miniature: Jesus moves from "may it pass" to "I will do it". The ego's defeat is the door grace walks through. Related: [[grace-is-an-economy-of-gift-not-merit]], [[twelve-steps]]