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Then there are the meek. (“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”) These are the shy ones, the intimidated, the mild, the unassertive.
Dallas Willard • The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God
the characteristics that make for humility: trust (Matt. 18:6), dependence, the desire to make others happy, an absence of boasting or selfish desire to be greater than others.
Wiersbe, Warren W. 1996. The Bible Exposition Commentary. Vol. 1. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
To my wife’s point, there is no shortage of people living in laziness and luxury, trying to talk you out of living by faith. There is a time to resist counsel and to refute in love. I’ve made the mistake of equating quietness (even weakness) with humility. I would give in to the ideas of others, assuming this was a more humble posture. Only
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