When you have a meek heart, you'll complain a lot less.

Here's Nancy DeMas Walgamuth.

See, meekness says, I know that God has his reasons,

and it doesn't matter whether I can see the reason or not.

But the proud heart, the poisoned heart, says it should have been done differently.

I see no reason for this.

Therefore, God should not have done this.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMas Walgamuth, author of Choosing Gratitude.

For July 8th, 2021, I'm Dan McGrath.

I wonder, how would Twitter be different if everyone on there were characterized by meekness?

Or could the tone on Facebook change if nobody commented on anything first without making

sure it was motivated by a kind and

gentle heart? Or what if our conversations, the ones between spouses or the disagreements we have

between siblings, what if they were governed by quiet, calm humility? Would the atmosphere

in your home be different? Would the atmosphere in mind be different?

I think we know the answer. Nancy's continuing in his series on the beauty of meekness.

Now, you're going to hear her quote frequently from an author who lived long before social media

existed, Matthew Henry. And we have information on how you can get a copy of his book,

The Quest for Meekness and Quietness of Spirit. You can find the link to that book in the

transcript of today's program at revive our hearts.com. But now, here's Nancy with today's teaching.

I grew up in the northeastern part of the United States, and I'm sure they have these in other parts, but one of the things I remember on our property were these beautiful willow treats. They were weeping willow trees, and in our area, they had some beautiful, huge willow trees. And I thought of those, I thought of that picture. When I came across this quote on the internet about the issue of meekness and it uses the willow as a word

picture let me read to you what this author said meekness is the opposite of weakness as a firmly

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