Memesplanation Short 61

One last day on humility, though I could harp on this for longer. Macarius of Optina taught Ambrose of Optina, both of whom were Russian monks in the 19th century. The enemy is sneaky, ain’t he? He tries to trap us in pride, in some other insidious sin pattern, those are his “fine nets”. If we are consistently humble, Macarius says that we can escape them. Why is that? Humility allows us to see more clearly and to see ways around those fine traps and tricks from the enemy, so that we can walk uprightly.