meekness and living the commandments

[spencel]

“(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)” Numbers 12

The subject of meekness has been taught many times in this church so this week when the passage about Moses was in our lesson it meant more to me. Also the discussions the last few weeks about how, “essential it is to recognize and appreciate those who set the right example for us and have the love and courage to teach us what they know of God.” (Gary S.) Here we have another lesson on this in the story of Moses who was being challenged by Miriam and Aaron and the danger of not acknowledging the messenger. I now have a deeper appreciation of what Moses did and how his meekness enabled him to give us the Ten Commandments.

[spencel]

I came across this profound lesson about Moses by Mrs. Eddy. It shows the integrity and meekness needed so that this Science Mrs. Eddy gave us does not become faith cure and corrupted.

“Moses would have been a necromancer, or mesmerist, had not God equipped him with the spirit of the Ten Commandments, which made him a law to himself, that was a prohibition to evil. Truth, Life and Love guided Moses, and this awakened understanding left him not a trickster, to cajole, or to wrong his race. Moses could not abuse the power that immortal and unerring Mind, not the erring and mortal, confers. Abiding by the Ten Commandments, the servant of God, commissioned to do good, cannot trespass on the rights of mind, cannot steal its treasures, or kill its joys any more than it can be a thief of material things, and a murderer. The power of Moses, of Prophet, and of Apostle to heal the sick was Christian Science, not mesmerism or the malpractice of mind that breaks the Ten Commandments, is an outlaw, a secret assassin, trespassing on the secret thoughts, and intermeddling with the most sacred rights of mind. The primitive Christians’ demonstrations of the power of Mind were limited to divine Science that should govern all phenomena, since it gives harmony to all and discord to none.” by Mary Baker Eddy from Bible Lessons and Sermonettes in Essays and Other Footprints (Red Book p. 117) Compiled by Richard Oakes

Mrs. Eddy once said of her secretary, “Calvin (Frye) is invaluable to me in my work, because he would not break one of the commandments.”

“For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:” Proverbs 6

[chardelle]

Thank you! I never thought of Moses as meek, but of course he had to be! I have come to realize through study here at Plainfield that meekness is not weakness, but now I am gaining a deeper understanding of what this meekness really is. What an example, never straying from obedience to God, always alert, acting without questioning, vigilant, and compassionate ( always praying for his people and asking for Miriam to be healed).

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