I am a wanderer. I would say that I am a seeker, but sometimes I have no idea what I might be seeking, so I will stick with wanderer. This blog is more a public journal than anything. I don't claim to have life figured out. I simply stumble from mystery to mystery, and share my reflections along the way. Sometimes I feel burdened, and trudge. Sometimes? Well sometimes grace breaks through, and its time to dance.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Blessed are...
Blessed are the meek: for they will inherit the earth. (5:5)
“The Lord is slow to anger," because He is GREAT IN
POWER. He is truly great in power who hath power over himself. When God's power
doth restrain Himself, then it is power indeed: the power that binds
omnipotence is omnipotence surpassed.”
Charles
Haddon Spurgeon
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Those who are on the right path…
Are meek!
Do we really believe this?
I don’t think so!
Because honestly, we think meek means weak
That the meek are powerless, or insipid
Or to use the term that seems to be so popular today
At least is some circles….
Losers
I happen to like the French version of this beatitude. In the French Bible the verse reads, “Happy
are the debonair.” I like that, I always
wanted to be debonair.
What is important is the fact that the word debonair is very
positive. It means to be attractive,
gentle and kind. It seems to imply that
meekness has less to do with the absence of power, than it does with the
presence of love
It is not that the meek are powerless or insipid. It is simply that the meek know how to clothe
their power with love.
In God’s own way, God displays meekeness
As Spurgeon (who is by the way loved by conservative
Christians) himself put it
God is great is power
But God has power over this divine power
God does not have to be abusive, judgmental, cruel
God does not have to attack, belittle, minimize, oppress
Simply because God is powerful
A person with real power, real strength, doesn’t have to use
strength abusively,
to feel powerful.
Doesn’t have to manipulate and attack to feel safe.
Real power can be free to be loving, kind, accepting, and
inclusive
Meekness is strength with compassion.
Strength that is open to the needs and agendas of
other. It is strength under
control.
So we might rewrite the beatitude this way. “Happy are those who have their strength
under control, and do not abuse their power,
For they are truly powerful, and they shall inherit the
earth.
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