Daily Archives: March 17, 2014

Word of the Week: Meek

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What words, thoughts or mental pictures come to your mind when you hear the word “meek”?

Weak?  Wimpy?  Wishy-washy?

In the minds of most people a meek man is a “Mr. Milquetoast” kind of character scared of his own shadow.   A “yes man” always giving in to others.  Or a fellow like Uriah Heep out of a Charles Dickens novel, wringing his hands and whimpering, “I’m so humble, you know, so very humble.”  Actually, he was more creepy than meek!  Continue reading

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