Me: Prodigal, that horse looks calm with you riding him.
Prodigal: He actually is a very powerful horse but he is being meek.
Me: I was just reading about what meekness is.
Billy Graham writes in his book , The Secret of Happiness what meekness is.
William Barclay points out that the Greek word for “meek” was the word which was often used to describe an animal which had been tamed to obey the command of its master. It might be a strong animal like a horse or ox, able to do a great deal of work. It was not “weak”– but it was “meek”, always obedient to the will of its owner. A tame horse contribute much more to life than a wild one. Energy out of control is dangerous; energy under control is powerful.
Don’t make the mistake of thinking what you see is weakness when it is really being meek.
1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
