Who is More Suplada?

But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. -- Psalm 37:11

I consider myself very "suplada"--a snobbish person. Or it could also connote "meanness" or having a bad attitude, someone capable of nasty remarks and who can do nasty things to people. I am not entirely a bad person in what other people would consider bad, however, if angered, my only option is to fight back. I am also very mataray (sarcastic).

But when I became a Christian, I mellowed down. Many people can attest that I have become more cheerful, less mataray, and more patient with other people.

There is still one problem though--if I am angered, I can still be really sarcastic and mean. And I would often say, which could refer to anybody, "If she is suplada, I am more suplada than her." Or, "If she's mataray, I can be more mataray." Or something to that effect. And I will really prove it. If the other person will snob or ignore me, I will do worse.

But I realized that is not what Jesus taught. Meekness was what Jesus heralded. He displayed meekness throughout His life here on earth, even at the point of death in the hands of an angry people.

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." That is the message of Matthew 5:5.

That means that if I were to follow Christ, meekness should be one of my values...ingrained in my character. That means to remain peaceable even when other people are mataray to me, when other people are suplada, when other people physically push me aside, are inconsiderate, or when people ignore me for one reason or the other. I am to be meek even when people gossip about or malign me. I don't know what inheriting the earth means in its entirety. But I do know what meekness is.

This world promotes fairness. Jesus promotes meekness.

What do I do? I repent.

So from now on. I will no longer make myself more suplada or more mataray than others. I will rather strive to be meeker each day.