May 2000

by Carole Forde

(Mt 5:5)

MEEKNESS CONQUERS MIGHT
BY SIMPLY YIELDING TO THE LORD!
IN TRUSTING CHRIST TO SAVE US
BY HIS DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD!

MEEKNESS EARNS ITS CROWN OF LIFE
BY GIVING IT AWAY;
BY FEARING NOT THE "NIGHT"
THAT SEEMS TO SWALLOW UP THE "DAY"!

MEEKNESS TELLS THE DARKNESS THAT
THE SUN SHALL RISE AGAIN!!
MEEKNESS YIELDS MOST WILLINGLY
TO STRIPES FROM RODS OF MEN!!

MEEKNESS OFFERS NO RESISTANCE
WHEN HE SUFFERS LOSS;
WELL HE KNOWS THE TRIUMPH IN
THE SAVIOR’S BLOOD-STAINED CROSS!

DEATH- TO MEEKNESS- IS NEW BIRTH;
LOSING IS BUT GAIN!
THE FLOWER OF MEEKNESS FLOURISHES
IN TEARS THAT FALL LIKE RAIN!

"ALL IS LOST!" THE HOPELESS CRY;
"AND I MUST WIN!" SAYS PRIDE;
BUT MEEKNESS STANDS WITH CONFIDENCE
BESIDE THAT SWORD-PIERCED SIDE!

FAITH DEFENDS HUMILITY;
AS HOPE HOLDS ALL THAT SEEK;
THE HEART ASCENDS ENRAPTURED
AS LOVE GLORIFIES THE MEEK!

MEN OF EARTH WOULD BURY MEEKNESS
JUST TO DESECRATE ITS WORTH;
BUT GOD HAS PROMISED "MEEKNESS
SHALL INHERIT ALL THE EARTH"