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The Meaning of Meekness

A Measure of Meekness I desire to be pleasing to the Lord. I fall short in many ways, but to even have a chance of making God happy, I must know what gladdens His heart. When I read in the sermon on the mount where Jesus says: Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. My attention is drawn to meekness. Jesus valued meekness so much that He said that the meek would receive the entire earth as their inheritance, but what is meekness? Do I know? Is it timidity? Are we to be shy and reclusive like a little mouse? I love to allow Scripture itself to define its own words. The first occurrence of the word ‘meek’ is: Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek,above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) My first observation about this verse is that it occurs in the book of Numbers. . . one of the five books of Moses, which were written by Moses. It makes me smile broadly, to think of Moses writing this verse about himself for he would have wri

All in a Name. . .

Over the years of my life I have seen the names of various people and laughed and cried at nearly the same time. . . to go through life as Ima Skunk. Ha Ha. . .What cruelty. How terrible to play such an indelible trick upon your child. I take great pride in my name. I am the seventh generation of David Stokely. My son, Colin David Stokely, is the 8th generation. We must be getting close to 200 years of this tradition in our family. I value my name. As now being a Christian, I value my name even more. To have the same name as King David of the Bible. . . David the beloved, for that is the original Hebrew meaning. . .loved or beloved. Yes, I treasure my name. In the Bible names had great meaning and were oftentimes prophetic of the attributes or destiny of the child given the name. In my devotions this morning, I was in 2 Kings chapter 10 when I read this verse: Kings 10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD This was spoken by the newly anointed King Jehu