Being Meek

Meekness isn't generally one of those characteristics we respect in others. Max Lucado's A Glimpse of Glory addresses meekness a different way...

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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
2. overly submissive or compliant; spiritless; tame.
3. Obsolete. gentle; kind.

I believe that Godly Meekness is 1 & 3 - When I asked Craig if he thought he was meek, he said no. I believe he is though - not the #2 kind - but he's definitely humble, patient gentle and kind...

I can only hope to learn from him - and from the word...

Psalm 25:8-9 (New International Version)

8 Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.

Psalm 37:5-11 (New International Version)

⁵ Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:

⁶ He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. I'm definitely praying for this in my life...

⁷ Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. I admit, this scares me some - because when they carry out their wicked schemes, they hurt people. When Satan carries out his wickedness - those I love hurt... and the last thing I want is for those I love to be in pain.

⁸ Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. HA! This is so hard to do- but I have learned in the last week when you are dealing with someone that is using, you can not ever ever ever win an argument - so why even bother? Love - that is the answer - even if people don't think your actions are loving.

⁹ For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. Lord, I desire that more hope in you - that none would perish, but would have life with you - eternal!

¹⁰ A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

¹¹ But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.

Luke 14:7-11 (New International Version)

⁷When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: ⁸"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. ⁹If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. ¹⁰But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. ¹¹For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Good practical advice if you ask me!

1 Peter 3:1-4 (New International Version)

1 Peter 3

Wives and Husbands

¹Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, ²when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. ³Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. ⁴Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

I have always wanted a quiet and gentle spirit....I know without a doubt that it can only come from God.

1 Peter 5:6-9 (New International Version)

⁶Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. ⁷Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

⁸Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. ⁹Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

Gmail - August 26, 2009 - God Says You Are Forgiven - Daily Devotional - llackey08@gmail.com

Gmail - August 26, 2009 - God Says You Are Forgiven - Daily Devotional - llackey08@gmail.com

What a timely devotion! This morning I was reading in Romans - 6: 11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Slaves to Righteousness 15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.



And Romans 7:14-25 Romans 7:14-25 (New International Version)

14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

21So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.


We have been set free from sin! I belong to Jesus - Grace is how I ought to live - If God forgives my sin through Jesus, then who am I to hold on to it? Why do I continually beat myself up? I'm allowing Satan a place in my heart - The good I want to do, I don't do. Instead I do what I don't want to do. Nothing good lives in me, I am sinful, therefore it is God/Jesus' grace that needs to live in me. When I allow too much negativity in me, I push the Spirit out. he is a gentleman, and just like he wont demand a place in anyone's life, he wont demand that he sin on the throne of my life! He just sits off to the side, and says, I love you, let's talk when you are ready!

This was freeing today. Thank you Jesus for forgiving me, I desire to have room for your grace and your grace alone. I no longer want to hold on to bitterness.

Lake Ride with Miranda

I am so thankful for my kids! Miranda and I went for a ride at the Lake on Sunday - Annie and Bucky did great! Even if they were slow!!!!!!

Praying God's Will

We really like this house - and know that if it's God's will, He will provide. If it's not, I pray that I'm content either way. I really need the peace that passes all understanding... Phil 4:4-7 4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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this is probably THE most timely devotional I've ever received in my in - box.... Thank you God

Further Study - Max Lucado

Deut 4:29
29 sBut from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you tin the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is ua merciful God. vHe will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

8 qCome, behold the works of the Lord,

how he has brought desolations on the earth.

9 rHe makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

he sbreaks the bow and shatters the spear;

the burns the chariots with fire.

10 u“Be still, and know that I am God.

vI will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!”

11 pThe Lord of hosts is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Psalm 105

1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.

2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.

3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

4 Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.

Luke 4:14-16 (New International Version)

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.

16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read.

This one always makes me think - Jesus was rejected in his own town - because they knew him - from the beginning - It brings to mind the seemingly lack of appreciation that many of us feel... Kind of like - the difference in how you're treated at home - at your parents home - and at work.... I'm a kid in one place - a wife in another - and a leader in another ..... but I'm never all at the same time...

Jude 1:20-21 (New International Version)

20But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

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I need to remember to expect the best - from those I work with - to those I work for... I think I'll begin praying this way....