Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. - The Beatitudes, Matthew 5:5
It seems to me that that one Beatitude is more resisted than all the others. Or it may just be my voice I hear. But who likes the idea of going for meek? That's just another word for weak, sniveling, coward...you know, all those words we so deeply fear apply to us.
Thank about it, though.
After the Beatitudes comes the rest of the Sermon on the Mount which, to me, is simply a set of instructions on how to surrender. How to give over, give up the fight, get over our own self, be at peace by giving peace.
It is in that surrender that we realize: I am the lamb; We are the flock...rejoice and sing hallelujah!...in our meekness is Our might. He is the Shepherd. The lion Aslan walks amongst us. The angel Ari hovers over us, around us, within us, without us. We need naught, we are One.
Thank you.
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