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What is meekness? Does it mean being weak? Timid? Let& #39;s find out.
Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
The word translated “meek” is πραεῖς, ("praus"). It was borrowed from the military and relates to horse training.
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Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
The word translated “meek” is πραεῖς, ("praus"). It was borrowed from the military and relates to horse training.
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The Greek army would find the wildest horses in the mountains and bring them to be broken in. After months of training they sorted the horses into categories: some were discarded, some broken and made useful for bearing burdens, some were useful for ordinary duty ...
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... and the fewest of all graduated as war horses. When a horse passed the conditioning required for a war horse, its state was described as "praus," [that is, meek]. The war horse had "power under authority," "strength under control."
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A war horse never ceased to be determined, strong and passionate. However, it learned to bring its nature under discipline. It gave up being wild, unruly, out of control and rebellious. A war horse learned to bring that nature under control.
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It would now respond to the slightest touch of the rider, stand in the face of cannon fire, thunder into battle and stop at a whisper. It was now "meek". Aristotle said that the praus person is one who has the virtue of the mean between two extremes.
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If recklessness were on one end and cowardice on the other, praus might be characterized as steady courage. For example, a meek person doesn’t shy away from taking a stand. Rather, the stand is taken at the right time, with the right people, in the right way.
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He or she submits or constrains power for greater effect on self and others. It is carrying a sword, but knowing when to unsheathe it.
So meekness and gentleness, properly understood within their right biblical contexts, are calls to develop an intense and passionate ...
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So meekness and gentleness, properly understood within their right biblical contexts, are calls to develop an intense and passionate ...
... devotion to the things of God, so as to develop a formidable strength within the arena of spiritual warfare.
"Meekness is a rock overlooking the sea of anger, which breaks all the waves that dash against it, yet remains completely unmoved." ~ St. John Climacus
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"Meekness is a rock overlooking the sea of anger, which breaks all the waves that dash against it, yet remains completely unmoved." ~ St. John Climacus
Pure calm, self-restraint, detachment.
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
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