Meekness is not weakness
in the negative sense.
It is weakness in the positive sense,
being under the hand
and voice and will of Another,
heeding the voice of The Almighty.
He was meek for you and for me,
fully trusting God’s promises,
fully obeying God’s will.
He is the one in whose
image we are to become.
(From the Sermon on the Mount of Jesus)
shy or assertivesingle, youngor married.If your self-worthhangs on a conditionof good performance,your self-talk issure to be riddledwith self-doubt,insecurity, and anxiety.
of God as ‘exalted’He dwells‘in heaven above’even ‘above the heavens’He is ‘enthroned on high’indeed, he ishimself the‘most high’.Reference to:(Ps.57: 5; 97: 9;Deut.4: 39; Eccl.5: 2;Ps.8: 1; 57: 5;Ps.113: 5; Ps.97: 9in the Holy Bible)
The word ‘easy’ is notin your vocabulary.Work hard and be smart.Live with goalsand determination.
when we reverenceour God in thebeauty of holiness.The Lord executeswonderful acts ofrighteousness andjustice for allthat are oppressed.In His grace,He has revealedHis ways to thechildren of men.
attempts to groundour contentmentand peace in theillusory thingsof this world.Trying to obtain trueand lasting peacefrom transitory thingsis a vicious cycle.There is no restin such thingsbecause the soulis yearning forsomethingqualitatively different.Some havelikened theseefforts to a river:„All streams flow into the sea,yet the sea is never full.To the place thestreams come from,there they return again’.(Ecclesiastes 1: 7of…
they will walklike the blind,Because theyhave sinnedagainst The Lordand their bloodwill be pouredout like dustand theirflesh like dung.Ref: Zephaniah 1: 17
