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Today is Tuesday, July 20th, 2021.

Now, we are embarking on talking about the third beatitude, about being meek.

Here is how Christ stated it during the sermon on the mount. Blessed are the meek. Here is how Christ stated it during the sermon on the Mount.

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

So yesterday we talked about how meekness is made up of two qualities,

humility, simply knowing who we are and who we are not, and also patience, patience with

ourselves and with other people. And if we can be both humble and patient, then we will be like

Christ. Now, today we're going to talk about something that I was confused about as a kid when I

read this beatitude. And this is the idea

that to be meek means being weak. That when I am meek, I am weak. Now, it's not true. First,

we're going to start there. To be meek is not actually to be weak, although it might seem

that way. Now in the world, those that choose to be meek might be perceived as weak because they're

not out there grasping for power. They're not out there pushing other people out of the way

so that they can make decisions and so that they can have their way.

Instead, a person who is meek is, of course, acting according to who they are, knowing that they are a beloved child of God, but they are not God.

And they are also patient with other people.

They're not pushing them out of the way.

They're listening and helping.

That is what it means to be meek.

But as we see through the example of Jesus Christ and through the example of God

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