Meek & Mild?
Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth. I'm no scholar of Greek or Aramaic, so I can't tell you exactly what Jesus meant when he said that. But I think about the "meek" people I have known and loved. The quiet ones who do good without expecting anything in return and never make a show of it. The ones you can always count on when the going gets tough. I know that —below their seemingly serene exteriors —the meek are not pushovers. Being meek doesn't mean you never fight back. It simply means you know how to pick your battles. You know this. You've seen it in every movie where the skinny little guy is constantly pummeled by the big bully. He only fights back when someone smaller or weaker than he is becomes a target. On that day, he fights smarter — uses the bully's extra weight as leverage to knock him off his feet. Jumps on his back, twists the bully's arm behind him, and puts enough pressure on it to finally make the bully scream "UNCLE!!!...
