Recently I have begun teaching my children the lessons of our Scripture at church, and it has helped me enormously to understand them myself. :-) I don't know where I was for the last 8 years, but suddenly I seem to be hearing what is being said, for a change. I suspect I have been too busy celebrating being Orthodox and not busy enough learning to love God and emulate Christ.
For an example, last Sunday we had the Prodigal Son parable, in which our priest explained that although most of us don't see ourselves in the Prodigal son, we are all, actually "in exile and tending pigs". I was so amazed, and I am still chewing on this mentally and spiritually.
I shared that because of the humility discussion. It made things very clear for me. I should be viewing myself as a person tending pigs.
God has been very good to me as our church approaches Great Lent. I have been praying for repentance and He is answering my prayer.