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HAPPY TUESDAY!

I pray all is well with everyone, and you're enjoying another beautiful Tuesday. I'm doing well, looking forward to the weekend already. It seems like Tuesdays are the most uncelebrated day of the week. Every other day has significance, but there's nothing significant about Tuesday. We'll have to start our own Tuesday tradition.Thanks again for your prayers and/or presence. I love all of you, and each of you has touched my life in some way, thank you!

Today's scriptures are about Meekness. The word meek is defined in many different ways; we find it in Webster’s dictionary saying: enduring injury with patience and without resentment. As well as on Dictionary.com: humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others. Some synonyms are lowly, modest, docile, mild, tame, submissive, and moderate just to name a few. You may be wondering why I am going through all of this. Well it's written in Matthew 5:5: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. This being said, it's very important for us to know what the word Meek means, so we can do our best to take on that attitude, in order to please God. Now some my look at these definitions and synonyms and assume that being meek means to be weak. Well that isn’t the case at all. God merely wants to be solely dependent upon Him, and not submit or conform ourselves to the ways of the world. Jesus came to teach us the right ways to go, and He was by no means weak. He was very much a leader, yet very soft, humble, and caring. He picked and chose His battles, and He didn't allow anyone to take Him out of the will of God. No matter how He was beaten, taunted, teased, or tempted by the evil in this world, He never surrendered to it. He never allowed it to take Him out of His character. Down to His last breath, He was praying for the people who wronged Him. He never fought back, He submitted to the will of God at the time of His crucifixion, because that was what God had instructed Him to do. He was never afraid of anyone or anything. He was a man that walked around with great confidence and courage. There's the story in John 2:13-22, where Jesus came to a temple during His travels, and there were people there selling different merchandise, food, and animals, which was a disgrace, and disrespectful to His Father's house. It's written in verses 15-17: When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.” He was very passionate about God, His Heavenly Father, and He did everything in His power to strengthen His Kingdom. His passion made Him angry at times, but most importantly it made Him meek; slow to anger and quick to forgive. His love makes Him understanding and faithful to making sure that we're taken care of, because God has given Him authority over us. We're made in His likeness, and we have similar responsibilities, and as "Christians", we've made a covenant to be "Like-Christ". Being meek just means you're passionate about the love of God, which allows you to be soft, humble, and caring towards everyone you come in contact with. It allows you to depend wholeheartedly on God, and not attempt to fight your own battles. It helps you understand that you're not of this world, and nothing anyone can do or say can change that. With that wisdom you're meekness will come naturally, and will give you compassion for your neighbor, allowing you to keep that great commandment. Have you ever seen someone who smiles all the time, and when you look at them you can see a certain glow about them? These people hardly ever get upset, or lash out at others, and are almost always easy going and lighthearted. This is the epitome of meekness, which is what God requires of us, in order to effectively make an impact on the unbelievers or lost souls. No one wants to be angry or upset all the time. We all are seeking peace, and most of the time we seek it in the wrong places, but God is the only way. It's written that we should take on the minds of little children, and eagerly await His wisdom and love. Pick up the bible to learn how to be like Christ. However, if you don't know Him as your Savior you need to say that prayer asking Him come into your heart as the Lord of your life, and God will complete an awesome transformation in you. Never forget that humility comes before meekness. My favorite verse today is: Take my yoke upon you and learn O me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. (Matthew 11:29)

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