Summary
In this episode, Nancy Wilson continues her discussion of meekness from Matthew Henry’s The Quest for Meekness and Quietness of Spirit, describing quietness as the soul’s stillness under provocation, anxiety, fear, and trouble, and urging women to take responsibility for calming their own spirits by faith in God.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Feminine podcast. This is Nancy Wilson, and thanks for joining me this morning, |
| 0:11.2 | or today, or whenever you're joining me. We're continuing this week with more on meekness as we go |
| 0:18.0 | through Matthew Henry's book, The Quest for Meekness and Quietness of Spirit. |
| 0:22.9 | Who knew there were so many depths to this topic? Remember that the passage in 1st Peter 3-4 |
| 0:29.2 | contrasts the internal qualities of a quiet spirit with the externals of dress and jewelry and so on. |
| 0:36.7 | Quietness of spirit is something we put on internally, |
| 0:40.3 | or something at least we can put on internally if we're being intentional about this. Meekness |
| 0:46.6 | enables us to have dominion over our own spirits and enables us to keep our composure even when we have cause to take offense or a desire to |
| 0:58.0 | retaliate. Here's a quote. In a word, quietness of spirit is the soul's stillness and silence |
| 1:05.5 | from intending provocation to or resenting provocation from any with whom we have to do. |
| 1:13.6 | That really covers the waterfront right there. |
| 1:16.9 | We live on a hill in the windy, Palluse region of Idaho, and I know what a delight it is to step outside when the air is still. |
| 1:25.2 | This happens most often in the morning or the evening. The rest of the day is |
| 1:29.4 | typically breezy or downright windy. It's a great image of how we should endeavor to keep our |
| 1:35.5 | spirits still and quiet. If we just let ourselves go like many unbelievers do, giving our passions |
| 1:43.1 | free rain, we will be the cause of much hurt |
| 1:46.6 | like a stiff wind that can do a lot of damage, or in some cases like a hurricane. That's when we |
| 1:52.6 | really cut loose. Psalm 131 says, verses 1 through 3, Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes alofty. |
| 2:02.9 | Neither do I concern myself with great matters, nor with things too profound for me. |
| 2:08.7 | Just a comment there, notice the humility, that I don't concern myself with great matters |
| 2:14.8 | or things that are over my head. |
| 2:17.2 | Then verse two, surely I've calmed |
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