Meekness is not Weakness (Guest Post)

There are some who look at a humble person as someone who is weak. They may think your ‘meekness is weakness.’ HUMILITY is not negative but rather necessary to keep our hearts right. Let’s take a moment to discuss, “ Meekness is NOT weakness .”

What does this mean?

You may ask, what do I mean? That is why I wanted to take a few moments to write about this topic. You see, very often when we are not walking in humility, we are more than likely walking in pride. I know some may not think anything is wrong with this. But let’s be honest, pride can be very dangerous whether we want to admit it or not.

Once pride grabs a hold of our hearts, we can become blinded by it if we are not careful. The pride I am talking about leads to selfishness. Yes, selfishness. Again, there are many that may not see anything wrong with this either but when we are living like this, we can really hurt many people around us even if we are not intending to. You see, pride can cause us to be willing to what I call, “step on others,” and be willing to lose friends and family for the sake of getting, “mine.”

So my question to you would be, how is this ok? How can living like this not be recognized as painful? I believe so many are really affected by others because of the pride that took over their hearts leading them to negate how it was impacting those around them. I believe we are to strive to do well in life and better ourselves without a doubt. However, it should not take an intentional stepping on or over others to make this happen.

Related: So your ego is impacting your growth?

What is meekness?

This is why I felt it necessary to write about Meekness. A meek person is mild-mannered. They are not boastful. They don’t see the need to brag to prove their worth to others. Their lives speak loud enough and demonstrate true humility. This person is not weak but rather is very strong. It takes true strength to intentionally remain meek.

A meek person understands the importance to let someone else recognize their good works, their lights shine bright for others to see. So when or if someone tried to say otherwise about their lives, they cannot because it would have to be a lie.

Humility promotes a tender heart. It is opposite to pride because it is more mindful of others and sensitive to them. It does not look for how they can take advantage of others at the expense of their moving forward. A humble person understands their name may not be in lights but that is ok because they don’t feed off the praise of others.

I remember experiencing others determining that it did not matter how I was hurt by their recognition and gain promotion. Wow, this really hurt however, I understood that if it takes that to get this, I did not want it. It was ok for me to move away from these things and not choose to move forward the same way.

Let’s sum this up… why is meekness important?

So we see, humility is not negative. It is necessary to be honest about where our hearts are and what is important for us to gain a promotion. If we are ok with hurting others we will choose pride over humility but you may recognize that certain people may not want to stay in a relationship with you. You may be well with what I call being, “fake.” If so, you may also recognize the people around you as just fake. On the other hand, if you really desire genuine people around you I highly recommend you choose humility over pride. Become more aware of how people are affected by you and if some are saying the same words about how you make them feel. Then you choose whether you really care about others around you or not.

This is not about being overly concerned about what others think about you, rather this is becoming more aware of how you treat others around you. Let me hear from you.

Have you dealt with individuals that are very prideful and others who are extremely humble? I would love to hear your story.

Thank you Shelly @Growingwithspawn.com for the opportunity to share my blog post as a guest. You can also read her post on my blog!