Meekness

Flexibility and strength. The two are so rarely in perfect balance and communion. We work for one or the other or we are naturally blessed with one or the other. But we don't often have them harmoniously working together.

Here enters yoga - the practice that strives to bring balance to strength and flexibility. And I'm not just talking physically. All of yoga is devoted to increasing the strength of our character and talents and yet having the flexibility to give our wills to God and trust in His timing and the perfection of the moment. 

Strength gives me the ability to get deeper in my flexibility. It is only as my arms gain strength that I can even hope to accomplish the side arm balance that will allow me to pull my leg further up to the sky with the flexibility I have gained. They work in perfect harmony in yoga. 

Here enters meekness. Meekness, one of the least understood and seemingly paradoxical attributes of our Savior Jesus Christ. I spent my month abroad a couple of years back studying this mysterious word and trying to apply it to my life. I'm still studying it and still having epiphanies. Here's the one I had today: meekness is the perfect balance of flexibility and strength. It is having the strength of body, mind and character to go where The Lord wants you to go while also having the flexibility to grow there and bend to His will. It is not breaking or falling flat on your face in the deepest pose The Lord could put you. It is being able to hold yourself up while giving in to His will. 

Meekness is the greatest strength and the deepest humility/flexibility. Just as the Savior exemplified.
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