“Blessed Are the Meek”
Few virtues have such inherent worth as meekness for the meek are the godfearing and the righteous. They are the ones who willingly conform to the gospel standards, thus submitting their wills to the will of the Lord. They are not the fearful, the spiritless, the timid. Rather, the most forceful, dynamic personality who ever lived . . . said of Himself, ’I am meek and lowly in heart.’ (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 474.) Meekness is not just humility, though the two virtues are certainly related. Meekness may involve, in addition, poise under provocation, the ability to be in control emotionally. Jesus, who described himself as “meek and lowly in heart” (Matthew 11:29) stood in silent and divine dignity while his accusers spit upon him, slapped him insulted him, and scourged him.
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