Please allow me to add one more point about humility, one which may be the most fundamental and important of all. Before we even talk about serving God, and using our talents and abilities for Him, let us remember that our very lives are redeemed by Him. At the end of the day we are still sinners. And at the end of the day it is still the grace of God that has redeemed us to Him. No matter how sinful and imperfect we are, and how we constantly let Him down, God still loves us, God still forgives us. Such love! Such grace! That we, undeserving creatures, should come to know the Almighty God. And in this we, the redeemed, are duly humbled; we, the redeemed, declare the greatness of God; we, the redeemed, dedicate our lives to the Redeemer, and to spreading His love.