Discussion on Monday 31st July at 6.30pm led by Rev Jim Corrigall
On Monday 31st July 6.30pm our discussion will be led by Rev Jim Corrigall on the theme ‘Wait for the Lord’, looking at Psalm 37
Jim writes:
The Psalms are beautiful, but can they still speak to us today? To approach this question, we'll engage with this passage as a contemplative prayer. What will this yield?
Psalm 37
By David:
1 Don’t be upset by evildoers
or envious of those who do wrong,
2 for soon they will wither like grass
and fade like the green in the fields.
3 Trust in Adonai, and do good;
settle in the land, and feed on faithfulness.
4 Then you will delight yourself in Adonai,
and he will give you your heart’s desire.
5 Commit your way to Adonai;
trust in him, and he will act.
6 He will make your vindication shine forth like light,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
7 Be still before Adonai;
wait patiently till he comes.
Don’t be upset by those whose way
succeeds because of their wicked plans.
8 Stop being angry, put aside rage,
and don’t be upset — it leads to evil.
9 For evildoers will be cut off,
but those hoping in Adonai will inherit the land.
10 Soon the wicked will be no more;
you will look for his place, and he won’t be there.
11 But the meek will inherit the land
and delight themselves in abundant peace.
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" But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity. "
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Oxford English Dictionary:
meek /miːk / ▸ adjective quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive:
she brought her meek little husband along.– ORIGIN Middle English me(o)c (also in the sense ‘courteous or indulgent’), from Old Norse mjúkr ‘soft, gentle’.
I would prefer the word "assertive" rather than meek, aggressive or passive.