I’ve always had trouble with the third Beatitude. The other blessings from Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount are worthy goals: hungering for righteousness, showing mercy, striving for peace. But being “meek”—as the King James Bible, the Revised Standard Version, and the NRSV translate Matthew 5:5—has always been personally unattainable.

"A Good Friday Credo" - A UCC Daily Devotional by Rev. Talitha Arnold