“Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth” Matthew 5:5
What a wonderful inheritance!
If we truly believe that only God is worthy of the praise and the glory, being meek should be an easy goal to achieve. Even so, I am cursed with the word ‘I’. – I did this, I did that or I did the next thing that is on the list. Everything about Creation points to the fact that I have done nothing at all.
There is an Indigenous tribe in the southwest U.S. (the Hopi). Their culture asks that they avoid using the word 'I'. When something good happens that is worthy of praise, they humbly and meekly say that the good thing happened ‘through them’. They never take the credit for any good thing. This keeps their ego in check. This aligns with the teachings of Christ and with the promises and rewards that Jesus spoke of when delivering the Beatitudes on the side of a mountain.
For the last couple of years my goal has been to eliminate the word ‘I’ from my thoughts and speech and try to achieve some sort of meekness. The fact is, I have failed miserably. It’s like I am addicted to the word I. It creeps into my speech most times unnoticed. I would love to inherit the earth. Creation has helped to keep me meek. Maybe you the reader is of the opinion that it would be easy to remove the word ‘I’ from your thoughts and speech. Here’s a challenge. Try it and let me know how you fare.
Thank you.
Richard
"We shall inherit the earth." I too have and continue tofail badly removing the word I from thoughts and speech. A work in progress for sure.
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