Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Meekness is patience under injury, not cowardice or surrender of rights; it is trusting God to vindicate us rather than taking His place with vengeance. A man constantly ruffled by insults is at the mercy of every disturber, like the troubled sea; true meekness comes from a heart too great to be moved by little provocations.
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Meekness toward God means flexibleness to His commanding will and submission to His providence; toward our neighbor it means forgiving injuries and recompensing good for evil. God will make good to the meek what they lose for peace' sake; they inherit the earth in this life and heaven in the next.
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The meek seem fools by the world's reckoning, yet Christ places His own protection and the Father's against the fury of the wicked. We must be sheep if we wish to be His flock, hiding ourselves under the shadow of His wings; the restless and fierce, though they possessed the earth a hundred times over, possess nothing in their torment.
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