purpose to melody

'Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth, unite my heart to fear your name.'

Psalms 86:11

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

Matthew 5:5


"The way of meekness is natural, in the sense that it's part of our nature, but not easy. Becoming like a child in a culture that tells me to be grown up and important is a step downwards. Dying the death of submission in a world that rewards those who seize control feels foolhardy. Giving away money to those who are in need now means I have to trust God for all I need for the future. It is difficult to follow Jesus in a calling that others are better qualified to accomplish or requires me to sacrifice something that Jesus doesn't seem to be requiring my friends to sacrifice. And adopting the attitude of a slave means that I must set self aside day after day. Finally, obeying people I perceive to be inferior or whom I simply don't want to obey means that I tie myself to others when I would rather worship freedom and independence.

These are painful deaths to die. But they enrich the soil in which good things grow."

- Scott A. Bessenecker