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How to Complain to a Cruise Line and Get Resultsby Paul Motter | 02.13.12
A poll of our readers finds surprises in the most effective ways to get satisfaction for problems -- including financial compensation.
Step One -- Be Specific
Example: Skymaster Wrote: As you know, we've been doing Carnival almost exclusively for the last few years, and I usually book inside GTY. On our last cruise, (Glory) we once again booked inside GTY, and were assigned cabin R1456. That's the last cabin on the port side aft. I had a feeling it might not be the best in the world, but what the heck, you take the good with the not so good. It turned out to be great, EXCEPT when underway there was a constant groaning noise from machinery below us. It got worse the faster we sailed, but wasn't terrible IMO. While walking through the atrium, I decided to stop at the purser's desk and ask if there was another cabin available, and explained the slight problem. I wasn't nasty, or demanding, just inquiring. The very nice girl at the desk noted my Platinum status, and told me that we were sailing "full ship," but perhaps something could be done, and she'd let me know. I really didn't expect anything, but the next morning I got a nice note from the purser's desk, stating that they were aware of the problem, and were looking into possible solutions. The next morning, a note appeared under the door, stating that they were VERY sorry, but there simply wasn't any way to move us, but to make up for the inconvenience, they were posting a $380 credit to my sign-n-sail card. The lovely Mrs. Jones ran, not walked, to deck 5 to the shops, and needless to say we walked away with lots of goodies, and a very small sign-n-sail bill.
Step Two -- Stay Calm Almost everyone on our message boards had followed nearly the same steps. While they were onboard they calmly took their concern to the front desk and notified them of the problem. In some cases the onboard personnel took steps to try to solve the problem, and in some cases they could have done more. The one thing every successful complaint resolution had in common was that the complainers remained calm and polite throughout the entire process. They did not yell, demand immediate satisfaction and certainly never said, "I will never sail on this cruise line again!"
In fact, it was shown repeatedly that the most successful complaint resolutions came to guests who went out of their way to show appreciation to the staff onboard for their efforts to resolve the problem. We at CruiseMates understand the concept of ire. Sometimes you become understandably upset, and it shows in your manner and speech. We are not saying this is unjustified in every case. But our goal is to tell you the best way to get some compensation for your problem -- and getting upset and angry is not it.
Example: colorcrazie Wrote I always try to mix compliments in with any complaints. There is always something really wonderful to note and I like giving extra credit when it is due. Our waiter on this trip was the highlight, so I mentioned him by name and table number.
But I also was very specific about the problems. We received back a generous shipboard credit offer for our next Carnival cruise, which is in November -- enough for a couple of tours and still cover most of our tips. We are Platinum, so that may have helped.
Displays of Anger Rarely Work Displays of anger rarely help you get a resolution. Let's put the shoe on the other foot: If you worked for a company where you didn't make the rules or set the policies, you wouldn't like a guest holding you personally responsible for problems beyond your control. Even though a guest's anger may be justified, the person at passenger services did not create the problem. To get results, act like an adult who is only interested in results. An adult doesn't demand apologies or accept lip service. Accept their first apology graciously and respond with, "I truly appreciate your concern, now what can we do to resolve my problem?"
Your goal is to appear as a valued customer, not a chronic complainer who threatens to air dirty laundry until you get results. You are not angry, but you expected better based on your prior experience and the line's good reputation. Explain your complaint calmly.
Example: Trip Wrote My one letter of complaint got me a $300 certificate from Royal Caribbean.
Back in the 90's, brochures did not note obstructed cabins. I purchased what we thought was an outside cabin, so surprise, surprise, when we opened the door. We had a great cruise, but I decided to write to tell them I didn't get what I thought we were getting, and how would we have known, since it was not notated?
I prefaced my letter stating how much we enjoyed the Majesty, but this one thing disturbed me. The letter from RCI admitted this should be corrected; however, the next brochure was already printed, but rest assured, after that, all brochures would be clear on the matter. They included my voucher, and needless to say I was thrilled to death. I was also able to use this as a deposit as well, which I did. Kudo's to RCI!
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NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Field Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Consulate of Mexico in New Orleans on March 14. The agreement establishes an ongoing collaborative relationship between these two entities to provide Mexican nationals with information, guidance, and access to resources on the prevention of discrimination in the workplace, regardless of documentation status. Andrea García Guerra, consul of Mexico in New Orleans, and Keith T. Hill, director of EEOC's New Orleans Field Office, will sign the agreement.
The Mexican Consulate in New Orleans provides services to preserve the rights of Mexican nationals residing in Louisiana. The EEOC's New Orleans Field Office enforces federal employment discrimination laws and has jurisdiction over the entire State of Louisiana.
"A Memorandum of Understanding promotes employment justice and allows us to continue current practices which are in place," said Hill.
Under the terms of the MOU, the EEOC will expand its cooperation with the Mexican Consulate, providing it with Spanish-language materials explaining the laws enforced by the EEOC. The agency will also provide representatives to meet with Mexican nationals in Louisiana in order to disseminate information and conduct counseling regarding employment discrimination matters.
The EEOC and the Mexican Consulate will work together regularly to provide information regarding workplace discrimination on Spanish-language radio stations throughout their respective jurisdictions.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. Further information about the agency is available by calling 1-800-669-4000 and on its website at www.eeoc.gov.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 25, 2010) -- With the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament just over a week away, the ETSU men's basketball team will continue to battle for seeding and momentum as the Buccaneers take a two-game road swing through Florida to wrap up the regular season.
That road trip begins Thursday night at North Florida, with tip time against the Ospreys set for 7:45 p.m. inside UNF Arena.
The Buccaneers, 15-14 overall, 11-7 A-Sun, can assure themselves a .500 record on the year with a win over the Ospreys -- but as the defending A-Sun champions -- the Bucs have their eyes on a bigger prize next week in Macon, Ga., as Mercer University hosts the league championships.
ETSU snapped a two-game losing streak and picked up its first come-from-behind win of the season in a 63-56 win over USC Upstate last Sunday, and the Bucs hope that positive outcome helps build confidence heading to Florida. After UNF, the Bucs will take on league-leading Jacksonville at 2 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Arena Saturday.
For more on Thursday's game, click on the game notebook link above, or read the game notes located below.
Buc bits
Snapping a two-game losing streak with its first come-from-behind win of the season last Sunday, the ETSU men's basketball team heads to Jacksonville, Fla., for a two-game road swing to end the regular season ... Coming back from an 18-point first half deficit to beat USC Upstate 63-56, the Buccaneers improved to 15-14 overall, 11-7 in Atlantic Sun Conference play ... The Bucs now hope to continue to build momentum as they prepare for next week's Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, but to build that momentum the Bucs must find a way to defeat both North Florida (Feb. 25) and Jacksonville (Feb. 27) this weekend ... Preseason All Atlantic Sun Conference pick Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) has been out for much of the season and will applie for a medical redshirt to hopefully rejoin the Bucs in 2010-11 ... In Smith's absence, Tommy Hubbard (Boston), along with Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) and Micah Williams (Manchester) have stepped up their games. In fact, Hubbard has posted double-doubles 13 times this season. ... Currently, Hubbard and Tubbs lead the team in scoring, with Hubbard averaging 14.2 points per game, and Tubbs pitching in 12.6 a contest ... Williams is the only other ETSU player averaging double figures with 11.5 a contest.
The series against North Florida
The Bucs are 8-0 all-time against the Ospreys ... The two teams first started playing in 2005-06 when ETSU and UNF first joined the Atlantic Sun Conference ... In their last meeting, the Bucs enjoyed an 82-56 victory at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center back on Nov. 29, 2009.
Last time against North Florida
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 29, 2009) - Senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) returned to the lineup and junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) continued his dominating play with his fifth double-double of the season, as the ETSU men's basketball team opened Atlantic Sun Conference play with a convincing 82-56 victory over North Florida inside Memorial Center ... ETSU, now 4-3 overall, 1-0 in A-Sun play, got a game-high 25 points and 13 rebounds from Hubbard, while Smith pitched in 14 points and fellow junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) added 12. The Buccaneers dominated in most every statistical category, out-rebounding the Ospreys 38-28, forcing UNF into 25 turnovers and finishing with a 26-point cushion. ... The Bucs blitzed out to a 9-2 lead early in the game, but UNF responded with its own 8-0 run to take its only lead of the contest at 10-9. However, that edge did not last long, as ETSU put together a 10-2 run to go up 19-12 and never looked back. ... Smith's return was highlighted by his first field goal of the season, which came after he stole a UNF inbounds pass and raced to the other end of the floor for a slam dunk. Smith's score was only part of a strong first half by the Bucs, which ultimately resulted in a 44-31 lead at the break. ... In the second half, things only got worse for the Ospreys, as the ETSU fullcourt pressure kept resulting in turnovers and scores for the Bucs. The Ospreys did manage to get to within seven at 50-43 on a 3-pointer by Jerron Granberry, but ETSU responded by outscoring UNF 11-2 over the next three minutes to build their lead to 61-45. A 3-pointer by sophomore Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) and another by Williams then powered another 10-3 run to make it 71-48 and UNF would not recover. ... ETSU ultimately ended the game with a 34-11 edge in points off turnovers and a 20-6 advantage in second chance points. ... UNF got a team high 14 points from Andy Diaz and Granberry netted 10 in the losing effort.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 21, 2010) - Trailing by as many as 18 points in the first half and allowing USC Upstate to shoot a blistering 63 percent from the floor before the intermission, the ETSU men's basketball team put the clamps on defensively in the second half and rallied for a 63-56 victory Sunday in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... Behind 56-51 with 4:08 left in the game, ETSU outscored the Spartans 12-0 to close out the contest, as junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) hit a 3-pointer with 1:44 left to make it 59-56 in favor of the Bucs. The Spartans were held to just 30 percent shooting in the second half and ETSU outscored Upstate 34-19 in the final 20 minutes to get the win. ... The player of the game for ETSU was sophomore forward J.C. Ward (Marietta, Ga.), who despite not scoring a point in the contest still grabbed 12 rebounds, and managed to stop the Spartans' 7-foot center Nick Schneiders on the offensive end. Prior to Ward being inserted into the game, Shneiders had scored 16 first-half points, and was ultimately held to just 22 for the game. ... Early in the game, the Bucs had literally no answer for the Spartans' offense. Schneiders scored basically at will, and from the outside Upstate hit on 5-of-9 from 3-point range to build a lead of 37-19 with just over three minutes left in the half. However, the Bucs showed signs of life at that point, cutting the lead to 37-29 thanks to a 10-0 run to close out the half. ... In the second half, the Spartans again pulled out to a 13-point edge at 44-31 on a Schneiders' layup with 17:21 left in the game. ETSU rallied once more with a 15-4 run to pull within two at 48-46 with 9:36 remaining on the clock. ... Though Upstate scored the next four points to make it 52-46 with just over six minutes left, the Bucs turned it on and outscored the Spartans 17-4 the rest of the way to take the victory. ... ETSU put four players in double figures with freshman guard Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) and Tubbs leading the way with 13 points apiece. Meanwhile, junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) added 12 points, and forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) added 10. Upstate got a game-high 22 points from Schneiders. ... The Bucs forced 18 turnovers off 10 steals, and outrebounded the Spartans 33-32. USC Upstate shot 45 percent from the floor for the game, while the Bucs shot 36 percent in the contest. ETSU held a huge advantage at the charity stripe, shooting 20-of-25 from the line, and hitting 14 of their final 15 free throws.
Jan. 30 not a good day for Bucs
For the second year in a row, the Buccaneers dropped a critical overtime game on Jan. 30 ... One year ago, the Bucs fell 82-72 at Jacksonville, in a game that Dolphins' guard Ben Smith hit a long range 3-pointer to tie the game in regulation and force the extra period ... The Bucs again found themsevles in an overtime game on Jan. 30, losing a nine-point lead in regulation with six minutes left and ultimately giving up a five-point lead in OT to fall to Lipscomb, 85-84.
Century mark not usual for ETSU defense
Giving up 100 points in the loss to Belmont (1/23/10) was not usual for the Buccaneers ... Before that game, the Bucs had not given up 100 or more point in over two years ... The last time it happened was on Dec. 15, 2007, when the Bucs lost to Syracuse 125-75 ... This season, the most points the ETSU defense had allowed was 85, in games at Arkansas and UAB ... For the year, the ETSU defense is giving up an average of just 67.0 points per game.
Jones steps up at the point
Coming off the bench to play the point guard position in the Bucs' last game against Lipscomb, sophomore guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) answered in a big way with a career high 17 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with .4 seconds left in regulation ... Jones played 23 minutes in the game and was 3-of-4 from 3-point range.
Williams bringing more offense to the table
Junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) has worked his way into the starting lineup thanks to more consistent play on the offensive end ... He has scored in double figures in 15 of his last 20 games, and recently matched his season high with 22 points against Stetson (2/6) ... He most recently scored 12 in the win over USC Upstate (2/21) ... Currently, Williams is one of three Bucs averaging double figures scoring this year with 11.5 points per game.
Hubbard steps up game in 2009-10
Much has been written and reported about junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and his efforts to improve his offensive game, and those strides have led to some solid numbers ... He currently leads the Bucs with 14.2 points per game and 8.7 rebounds a contest ... while he has posted 13 double doubles on the year, his efforts began to pay off on the offensive end against Chattanooga back on Nov. 17 ... Setting career bests for points (26) and rebounds (13), Hubbard collected his first career double-double against the Mocs ... In addition, he hit his first 3-point shot in three seasons with the Bucs, and didn't stop there -- ultimately finishing with four long-range bombs on the night.
Record setting night from the arc for Bucs
Hitting on 11-of-14 shots from 3-point range against Arkansas, the Bucs put their name in a multiple of record books ... First, those numbers set a new school record for 3-point field goal percentage in a game with a 78.6 percent mark, breaking the previous record of 66.7 percent which had been done three times previously ... In addition, it was the best shooting effort in the "nation" this season for teams taking more than 10 shots in a game ... And it was the best percentage by a team in the A-Sun since Nov. 28, 1999 when UCF was 11-of-14 in a game against South Carolina state.
Sollazzo to honor Coy with number change
When ETSU's rising sophomore forward Seth Coy (Montgomery, Ind.) was tragically killed in a car accident this summer, it left the entire Buccaneer community with a deep sense of loss ... As is often the case, those that are left to mourn have looked for ways to remember the Bucs' 6-foot-11 "Gentle Giant." ... For sophomore guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), who was Coy's roommate, the answer was simple ... Changing his jersey number from No. 20 to Coy's No. 43, Sollazzo will play the 2009-10 season to honor his friend and have that memory with him each night.
ETSU the "only" A-Sun team picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 22, 2008) - Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball - marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 - the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to a new "Prestige" ranking released by ESPN.com ... The Buccaneers, who have enjoyed six NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT berth, seven 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85, ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. The Bucs also were placed ahead of every current member of the Colonial Athletic Association with the exception of Old Dominion ... In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as other major programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.


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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Dazed and Delighted
19 comments:
How nice! Your daughters are so supportive; it's nice to see/hear about.
I am up to Chapter 5 in D&D, and I'm very intrigued so far!
- June 30, 2010 10:44 AM
- Katie said...
Congrats on the release! I downloaded my copy yesterday.
Love the scoll motif! Too goregous!
- June 30, 2010 10:54 AM
- BernardL said...
Very thoughtful gifts... especially the e-reader.
- June 30, 2010 11:40 AM
- Charles Gramlich said...
Wow, color coordinated! That's daughters for you. Son's don't do things like that. But most fathers don't care I suppose.
Congrats on the good reception for Dark and Disorderly. It's on my Kindle.
- June 30, 2010 11:48 AM
- raine said...
{{Hugs}} on the relapse--so very sorry! :(
But the scroll is lovely. Your reviews are awesome. You got an e-reader (wow!). And your daughters are wonderful to be so supportive of their mom.
Feel better soon!
- June 30, 2010 12:05 PM
- fairyhedgehog said...
What wonderful daughters you have! An ereader is a wonderful gift. As are clothes! And colour-coordinated flowers!
Oh, and bloody brilliant! isn't an exaggeration. It's an opinion!
Now I need to go and look at your guest post.
I'm so sorry you're back in agony again. I do hope the relapse will be short this time.
- June 30, 2010 12:26 PM
- Travis Erwin said...
Enjoy the ride Bernita. you certainly deserve it.
- June 30, 2010 12:38 PM
- laughingwolf said...
all so very much deserved, m'dear!
the art reminds me of incan/mayan stuff... really cool!
- June 30, 2010 2:05 PM
- Bernita said...
They spoil me, SWN.On one hand I deplore their extravagance; on the other, I'm delighted.
Thank you, Katie!I hope you will enjoy it.
They certainly are, Bernard. Thoughtful and loving.
A sweet touch, Charles. Thank you.
Thank you, Raine. ( real pain in the...especially right now!)But physio is trying something different so maybe this setback will be short.
Fairy, thank you. They are. I'm a lucky woman.
Travis, just fortunate!
That's what it reminds me of, LW! It puzzled me but I couldn't place it until you mentioned it. Thank you.
- June 30, 2010 3:18 PM
- Whirlochre said...
Missed all the action and deserve kicking.
Hope the D&D momentum continues to bounce along...
- June 30, 2010 6:44 PM
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- June 30, 2010 8:39 PM
- Natasha Fondren said...
Ooh! Which ereader?!
- July 01, 2010 2:13 AM
- Bernita said...
"deserve kicking"...Don't be silly, Whirl!
I do remind myself that reviews are singular and subjective.
A Sony, Natasha.
- July 01, 2010 7:37 AM
- Angie said...
Gorgeous motif! Your daughter does such beautiful work! :D
- July 01, 2010 10:11 PM
- Bernita said...
Thank you, Angie.
What really pleases me is that she's broken away from repeating the classic illuminated MS capitals (as beautiful as they are) and is experimenting with her own designs based on period metalwork, jewellery, etc.
- July 02, 2010 6:05 AM
- Barbara Martin said...
Very thoughtful daughters, Bernita. You deserve all the praise for D&D.
- July 03, 2010 12:01 AM
- Bernita said...
Thank you, Barbara.
- July 03, 2010 3:48 AM
- writtenwyrdd said...
I'm sorry you're suffering again. Terrible news.
But I'm glad to hear the accolades keep rolling in. Well deserved.
- July 06, 2010 8:30 AM
- Bernita said...
Am becoming really tired of this back business, Written.
Thank you. Don't forget you deserve credit too.
- July 10, 2010 11:04 AM


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I invite you now for our Bible study to turn with me to the 4th chapter of Ephesians, as we continue in our study of this tremendous epistle written by the Apostle Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
We at Grace Church are totally committed to the absolute authority, infallibility and inerrancy of the Word of God, and so without apology we go about our business every week of teaching it, verse by verse and this is what we've done for the ten years plus that I've been here, and as long as God gives me breath this is what we're committed to continue to do is to teach you the Word of God.
And in our current study of the Book of Ephesians, we find ourselves in the 4th chapter, the first three verses. really the first six verses are a unit and we could entitle the whole unit, "The Lowly Walk of Our High position." The first three chapters of Ephesians dealing with our position and now the last three with our walk, and Paul introduces that in the opening of this chapter.
Now I realize that this is the second time that I've gone through Ephesians, the first time was nine years ago, and some ah, changes are being made, it's taking me longer to go through than it did then. That's partly because I know more than I did then. But there's another thought too. I'm always interested in the response I get to my messages I, I...sometimes I'd like to get out of here before there can be any response because I have a good idea what it'll be, but, but I always kind of keep one ear open to that, but it's very interesting that as. as I do this usually I get opposite responses to everything. Some people will say to me you know that's really wonderful and appreciate that message, it so ministered to me.
As soon as they walk by another person will come up and say, did you feel poorly today? You didn't seem like you were yourself, it just ...something was missing. You know you just really don't know and so it kind of tends to cancel itself out. But it was interesting to me the last couple of weeks, I realize that I haven't been going very fast, in fact ah, we've been in the first couple of verses here for weeks and, and uhm, that's amazing but uhm, it's interesting to see the response. Last week I intended to preach the message that I'll go ahead and preach this morning, if I get done with this introduction, but ah, ha, uhm, I didn't I just digressed and I just kind of shared my heart and I've done that now three or four times since I was away in Brazil and, and even before that God was doing some things in my own heart and, and ah, it's been interesting because some people will write me and I - got a wonderful letter, I picked one up even in my little box this morning it said, thank you so much for stopping in the midst of this to share the things that are on your heart and make it practical, God has really ministered to me. I got a...two or three letters this week, God's changing my life, last week's sermon I needed, it was right for me and so forth and so forth. And then I got another letter ah, where somebody says, I feel that I have to tell you we like the way you used to be, would you please go back to preaching the way you used to preach. And, and so you know you just...you have ambivalent feelings, but I thought I ought to stop and kind of explain something to you. Preaching for me is not a performance, it is not simply a matter of, of pulling out a sermon and standing up here and giving it, and you ought to be glad that it isn't because whenever the man is detached from the message there's a lostness there. Uhm, preaching for me is, is, is not something that I just can and, and just get up and uncan, you know? Crack open the top and then load it on you. Preaching for me is a sharing of the work of God in my heart, and if I get stuck at a certain point, I'm stuck there because God has me stuck there.
If I sound like a broken record I'm the broken record, and God has me stuck at a certain place until I learn what I need to learn there so that I can be the man that I ought to be to you, and that's a lot better than giving you a canned message. And so in a sense ah, I'm willing to allow God to stop me in my tracks and to let...and to give me things to say that I don't plan to say because maybe those are the things He knows that I need to be that I'm not yet, so that I can be all to you that I need to be. I realize that my responsibility to you is not to show up here on Sunday morning and give a performance, my responsibility to you is to be a shepherd of the sheep, and to lead you, to guide you in the Word of God, but more than that to set an example, to set a pattern for you and until I learn some of these things deeply in my life, until I come into conformity to some of these things I, I can't do that as I should do it. So if I am a broken record then you'll have to allow God to repair me, and if it gets stuck on the same track for a little while God's working in my life and ah, I'm like you are you know, thank God... ah, or you'll have to pardon me, thank God He's not finished with me yet. There's still things going on in my life, I don't think any of you for a moment believe that I'm finished, that God has made me and I'm all set and everything is fine and I'm a finished product. I'm in the process of becoming, just like you are and I'm learning just like you learn, and I learn in big clumps each week.
But there are in the midst of all those sermons that I plan and all those wonderful homiletics and those great illustrations I think up.
God may have a message for me in there and I get stuck on that one thing. But that's the way God works in my heart. And I'll tell you something, one thing I can't do, I cannot just go back over a book that I've gone over before and say the same things over again because there's no challenge for me, there's absolutely no challenge in that at all. The challenge for me comes in the undiscovered realities, it comes in the applications I never saw before, comes in the dimensions that God never showed me before, and so those are the things I dig for. You know the older you get the longer your books get, when you write, because the more there is there. You know I, I...you read a book about God written by a 22 year old person, it'll be about that big.
You read a book about God written by a 95 year old man who's walked with Him it would be like that. There's so much there and the deeper and deeper you go into God's truth and the more you know God the more reality there is, and by the way too, the more you live as a Christian the more the terms of the Bible expand for you. So that there was a time when I could say 10 minutes on the word meekness and cover everything I knew and more. But now I'll be lucky if in 45 minutes this morning I can tell you one fifth of what's in me about meekness. But meekness is a God, is a God given reality that you must understand. It's more important that you learn the significance of the truth than that the homily exist, do you understand what I'm saying? I'm not trying to justify what I'm doing, I'm just trying to tell you that it's being done, I trust in God's good time as He keeps me challenged in the discovery of things in His Word and as He refines me in the places I need to be refined.
You will notice that I go fast over some things, maybe those are the things I've learned already and are going pretty good in my life, I get stuck where I need to be stuck, and maybe it's true that we all need to get stuck there together, so let's get stuck in Ephesians 4:1 to 3 again this morning.
Paul begins, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation to which ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." This great text on the worthy walk really deserves our diligent faithful study, because it reveals a basic truth that we need to consider, this is it, the Christian life is not a matter of what you do first, it is a matter of who you are.
That's the heart of it all. And you'll notice here that Paul says, "walk worthy." And walking as we've been saying is the, is the idea of daily conduct, it's the idea of daily living, it's the idea of daily life. What you do, how you live. But it's most interesting to me that when he says, walk worthy, here's how, he never discusses an action, he never discusses a work and he never discusses a deed all be ever discusses is an attitude. Because the worthy walk is not so much a matter of what you do as it is of what you are. There are plenty of people who can do the deeds and not be the person.
That's the hypocrisy that the Bible talks about. It is possible to have what I call action fruit, the action fruit, the fruit of the lips, praise in Hebrews, the fruit of, of unselfishness, giving, Philippians 4, the fruit of Romans 1, winning someone to Christ, the fruit of Colossians, all good works, it's possible to have the action fruit without the attitude fruit. Do you know what the attitude fruit is? The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control, that's attitude fruit, now watch, if you have action fruit without attitude fruit that's legalism. If you have action fruit first of all, love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control that produces action fruit that's true spirituality. And so when God talks about the worthy walk it doesn't begin with the action, that's going to come later in the chapter, it begins with the attitude, do you understand that? Our Christian life works this way, it starts with the Holy Spirit, He works through the attitude and the attitude produces the action, so what happens? Walk worthy, what does that mean Paul? It means lowliness, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing love and endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit. Those are all attitudes, those are all inner graces. You know for many Christians they miss this altogether, ah, for many Christians really walking the Christian walk, really living the Christian life means going to church or putting money in the offering or owning and even occasionally reading a Bible, or not swearing or not drinking or not committing a crime or, or whatever and we...there are many people who see that external definition of prescription behavior as the, the fact of Christianity when that is simply the manifestation of it. The Biblical issue is not what we do apart from what we are, it is what we are that results in what we do and that's what God is after. So Paul says, walk worthy, and he is speaking then immediately after that of the attitudes that make it possible.
Now to give you the outline that we started with here, the first verse we call the call to the worthy walk, in verse 1 Paul simply gives a, an exhortation based on the first three chapters calling us to walk worthy. Then in verses 2 and 3 we have the characteristics of the worthy walk, if we are to walk worthy, what are the characteristics, how does it manifest itself? And here he gives five inner attitudes. Then he closes in verses 4 to 6 this opening session with the cause of the worthy walk, the call, the characteristics and the cause of the worthy walk.
Now what have we found? We've looked at the call to the worthy walk and seen that its urgency is based upon who we are, "therefore," in verse 1. We then looked at the characteristics of the worthy walk, verses 2 and 3. And I told you there are five inner graces that will manifest a worthy life, five things that lead us to walk worthy. The first one we discussed in our last two sessions was "all lowliness," verse 2, "all lowliness," and we said that means total humility. The worthy walk begins with total humility. We said that total humility is the absence of self, the absence of selfishness, it's the bottom line on Christian living, it's the bottom line on walking worthy. And I told you last week, do you remember, about all the ways that Satan tempts us to be proud, and how we must resist in all those areas? You know, you remember when I was talking about the one of spiritual pride and I said you could come to Grace Church and if you had a New American Standard Bible with tabs in it and a little red notebook you could play the part? Well you know I didn't want you to misunderstand that, I was afraid there would be a big rush on King James Bibles and brown notebooks in the book store, so nobody could be accused of being a hypocrite.
That wasn't the point, I'm not accusing people of being hypocrites for doing that I'm saying it's easy for someone to kind of parade a little bit, if there's certain little ways they can sort of dawn the attire. By the way I have to share this letter with you, somebody apparently ah, responding to that very statement, I don't know if I said it in both services but I made the statement you know if you...that you could pretend to be spiritual if you just had the right Bible and the right notebook and looked like you really were involved and, and it, and it could be that that was purely external and that's true, and I'm not saying that when you do that that it is external, I'm just saying it's possible that it could be. And so someone wrote me a letter and this is what is says, "Dear John, the Bible I have before me is a precious gift from my daughter, less than three years ago, just before I understood and deeply committed my life to our Lord Jesus Christ. The cover has been handmade in leather, there is a personal touch of love in this gift that is very special to me. Inside, stuffed into its torn binding there are written personal and precious thoughts the Lord and I have shared together.
Some pages and books are so marked with tender notations of awesome awareness seen for the very first time that the Word itself is difficult to see. Written on the inside cover are names and dates of seven family members who have new life in Christ Jesus. There are tear stains wrinkling the pages of Scripture where He has gently exposed still another of my sins, where His incredible love has restored me again. My Bible is The New American Standard, now that I look at it, it is the larger size. Sometimes it is awkward, heavy and makes creases in my dress, but it never seems to matter. It mirrors my dearest friend. Oh yes John, it has tabs too. How else could I hope to stay with you? Everything about the Bible is new to me, it is important to me that I turn with you to every Scripture, if what you're teaching is what God has said it doesn't matter so much that I understand it all at that moment, the important fact is that it strengthens my faith in God and in you as my teacher. Among these treasures too is a little red Grace notebook, it contains notes that refresh my memory as I reread the Scripture, these notes represent hours and hours of your dedication to our Lord God Himself, His church, Grace family. There are expressions of deep concern for all people, there is evident always the love you have for your wife and children, your careful study leads those of us yet babes along a straight lighted path of understanding His Word. Am I to be marked with spiritual pride because I carry these aids to my learning? I come as a little child before God, before you, eager, enthusiastic, ready to be taught, this could become a stumbling block to me, risking the impression that these implements of learning will be seen as spiritual pride or will they just label me a new Christian not yet fundamentally able or rooted sufficiently to come to church not needing such crutches? Thank God for the clear teaching John, I'm still here learning from you, big New American Standard Bible with tabs in hand, confident my Lord knows my heart and that I am seeking first His Kingdom." And it's unsigned. You know that's just the reality that makes the hypocrisy so bad, isn't it? That's the reality.
I'm not questioning that reality at all, I thank God for the kind of humility that makes us truly submit to the authority and the power of the Word of God, and I thank God for that letter, whoever wrote it and I'm sure a thousand times over it can be reduplicated by those of you who humbly come to seek God at His Word and who take notes in order that you might learn indelibly the things that God is teaching, and I certainly commend you for that. God bless you, every one, keep your red notebook and your New American Standard Bible.
So we talked about humility, let's go to the second word here in verse 2, "With all lowliness and meekness." Humility produces meekness, these five virtues are progressive, one produces the other you cannot have meekness without humility. There's no such combination as pride and meekness, meekness does not go along with pride they are mutually exclusive, meekness is a by-product of humility.
Where there is humility there will inevitably be meekness, where there is meekness there will be long-suffering, where there is long-suffering there will be "forbearing one another in love," and where those occur there will be the "keeping of the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." This is a progressive thing, this is a moving to the goal. So we see then that he calls us to meekness.
If we are to walk worthy as the exalted sons of the King, if we are to walk worthy as children of God, as heirs of the Kingdom, as inheritors of all the spiritual blessings in the heavenlies forever, we are to do that in meekness. Now what is meekness? It's interesting how, how the world defines it, because the world doesn't understand it. The dictionary said, "Meekness is a deficiency in courage.
Or a deficiency of spirit." And you see humanly speaking meekness comes out that way. Now if you look at Eph...er at Galatians 5 you see that meekness is a fruit of the Spirit. When true meekness is produced by the Spirit of God it is a, it is a valuable virtue, it is a critical virtue, but the attitude of human meekness apart from the energy of the Holy Spirit is seen by the world as cowardice or timidity or lack of strength. But that's not the Bible term. Let's talk about what it means. If I am to be meek...listen beloved you can't even walk the worthy walk without humility and you cannot walk the worthy walk without meekness so you'd better learn what meekness is, so we're going to take the time this morning to see. Meekness, prautes. from the, the form praus. Praus is the word meekness, it refers basically to something that is mild and gentle. It means to be gentle hearted, mild. The opposite of uhm' of a person who is vengeful, who seeks revenge or who seeks retaliation or who seeks vindictiveness or who, who harbors bitterness or resentment or reacts against others. In fact it is a...it is the opposite of vengeance, it is often defined that way, the opposite of vengeance or the opposite of violence. We might say it is a quiet willing submission to God, a quiet willing submission to others without the rebellion and the revenge and the retaliation and the self-assertion that characterizes a natural man. Now let me get into the definition a little further. It is a mild, gentle, non- retaliating, non-vindictive, non-vengeful, nonviolent spirit. It is used in secular language in several ways in some of the ancient Greek sources, it is used to speak of a soothing medicine like a tranquilizer, it is, it is used to speak of something that calms and soothes the spirit. It is used also of a gentle breeze, the light cool breeze that would waft across the warm hillside and cool the people there. It is used also to speak of a broken colt who is now tame and docile and who's power and energy can be channeled for purposes of benefit. So it is a word that speaks of gentleness of a soothing of a calming kind of a thing. The secular Greeks used it for people who they said were friendly or tenderhearted or pleasant or mild or gentle as opposed to hard, rough, coarse, violent. It's a sense of quietness. In...it is characteristic most of all of Jesus Christ. In Second Corinthians 10:1 Paul spoke of the meekness of Christ. In Matthew 11:29 Jesus said, "I am meek and lowly in heart." He came riding on the colt, the foal of an ass, not a great white steed with a fanfare but meekly, quietly riding on the colt, the foal of an ass, the dumbest beast of burden, the most common animal, emphasizing His meekness. Christ was meek. It is a godly characteristic, in fact in Zephaniah chapter 2 verse 3 the Holy Spirit says, Seek meekness. Seek meekness.
Now the term is used at least twelve times in the New Testament, prautes. Meekness as a virtue is extolled in the New Testament ah, we could call your attention to Galatians 5:23 the fruit of the Spirit, meekness. In First Timothy we find a wonderful insight, "But thou, O man of God," if you're to be a real man of God, and here again it's almost like the worthy walk, if you're to really live the life, it says, "follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness." But I think it's so important to add this, meekness doesn't mean you're a coward because the very next sentence is, "Fight the good fight of faith." Listen a meek person is anything but a coward, a meek person will fight at the drop of a hat over the right cause, a meek person even gets mad, he gets angry, he gets hot, he gets indignant over the right cause.
Meekness is a mild, quiet, gentle, pleasant spirit; it is a soothing, non-vengeful, non-retaliating, non-vindictive, non- bitter, non-reacting, non-defensive, non-self-assertive spirit, except when it ought to get angry. And then meekness really gets hot. And I'll show you when that is in a few moments. The word is also used in James chapter 5 and verse 13, "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?" Who's really wise? You say, the man with a Ph.D. No. Or the man who has studied all the books. No. A wise man, a man with real knowledge, "Let him show it out of a good life his works with meekness." It's the meek man, he's the wise one, the one who is meek. "The wisdom that is from above," verse 17 says, "is first pure, then peaceable, meek, easy to be entreated." So meekness is a virtue extolled over and over and over in the New Testament. It is not the absence of anger, not at all because he says in one time meekness and turns right around the next phrase says fight the good fight of faith. It fights, meekness fights. But watch this, meekness we could say is power under control, power under control.
When you have humility, now watch, humility is self-emptying, true humility divests myself of myself. I'm not interested in my own causes, I'm not interested in my own successes, I'm not interested in my own fame, I'm not interested in my own gain, I'm not interested in my own reputation, I have divested myself of myself, then meekness is a by-product, it is a by-product of a broken will, of a brokenness before God. But it is not the destruction of the lion, it is the taming of the lion, do you understand that? It is not the destruction of the lion but the taming of the lion. All of his strength is there, all of his power is there, all of his energy is there, all of his potential is there, but it is at the control of the master. Quite a different thing to see a lion running free in the continent of Africa, than to see a lion under the control of the lion tamer at the circus, that lion with all the same ferocity, the same energy, the same will, the same power, the same strength but always under the control of the master. And so it is with meekness, no longer does the lion in you and the lion in me seek its own gain. No longer does it seek its own prey, no longer does it seek its own causes, no longer does it run free to accomplish its own ends, but it is submissive to the control of the Master, it is not losing its power, it is harnessing its power. The same is true of the illustration in the secular Greek of the horse, as long as the colt runs wild and free its power is out of control and it serves no ends, when its power is brought under control it can be used for gainful purposes.
When the wind blows in a hurricane force it has no function but to destroy but when it blows in a quiet breeze it catches the windmill and the windmill pumps the water that, that, that causes the crop to be watered that feeds the masses of humanity. And so it is that when power is under control it is useful. There is within the heart of the believer a lion and that lion has every right to roar and that lion has every right to react and that lion has every right to pounce but not on those things at is own discretion but only under the direction of the one who rules its will, the Master, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Don't you think for a moment that meekness is indifference or cowardice or weakness or a fearfulness. It is not. It is not impotent, it is not cowardly. Jesus was not impotent and nor was He cowardly, but Jesus was meek. Let me tell you something, did you know that you have the right to get mad? That's right, you have every right to be angry. In fact in Ephesians 4:26 it says, "Be ye angry," did you ever know that? Now be sure you quote the rest of the verse, "and sin not." It's all right to be angry but not to sin, which says there's a certain kind of anger that isn't sin, right?
There is an anger that is not sin. You say, "what anger is that?"
It is the right kind of anger, being angry for the right reason, you can be angry for the right reason or the wrong reason. In one case it's power under control, in another case it's power out of control. The Bible knows about these two options, in fact in Proverbs chapter 25 and verse 28 we read about power out of control, Proverbs 25:28 says this, "He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls." Here is a totally out of control spirit, out of control and consequently vulnerable, falls into every pit, every temptation, every failure, every weakness, he has no self- control, he has no rule over his own spirit, that's anger out of control, power out of control, not meekness. On the other hand backing up in Proverbs to the 16th chapter the - 32nd verse it says this, "He who rules his spirit, is better than he that takes a city." So Proverbs 16 is a person who rules his spirit, in other words the spirit is there, the power is there, the lion is there, the energy is there, the potential is there.
But it's under control. On the other hand the same power, the same energy, the same strength out of control creates nothing but chaos and sinfulness. People who get angry at everything, out of control, know nothing of meekness. Meek people control their energies, control their strengths, they control the lion in them so that it only pounces when it should, it only roars when it should.
Now let me give you some further things before we get into Biblical pictures. When Aristotle discussed these things he gave us some very helpful definitions of the words in his day that help us to know what the Bible word means. In writing in ethics, his, his work on ethics he talked about this. For Aristotle, this is what he believed, the virtues of life, those are the good things, the virtues, the right attitudes of life were defined as the middle between the excess and the deficiency. On this side is the absence of something, over here is the excess of it and the virtue is in the middle. And he went on to give many illustrations of that, for example Aristotle said this, "Courage is the virtue in the middle between cowardice, which is the deficiency of courage and foolhardiness which is the excess of courage." In other words a person who is too courageous is going to get himself killed, his foolishness, a person who has no courage is nothing but a sniveling coward, the virtue is in the middle.
Aristotle said, "Generosity for example is a virtue, it is the virtue between stingy selfishness and wastefulness, generosity is the virtue in the middle." Then Aristotle said, "Meekness is the virtue in the middle between indifference, unconcern, weakness, cowardice, and excessive explosive anger." Meekness is in the middle. Aristotle said, and I quote, "The meek man is angry on the right occasion, with the right people, at the right moment and for the right length of time." End quote. Power under control. It's not a past...you say, ohh, I'm meek, so I, I just, I can't...certainly get into that, I, I know it's an awful thing and those people have sinned and, and there's many evil practices but I...my meekness refrains me from speaking. That's not meekness, that's just stupidity. Meekness doesn't make you back away from sin, it doesn't make you cease to condemn evil. Now watch, it is anger under control, now under the control of whom? God. Meekness is when I take the lion in me and submit it to God so that it only gets angry about that which offends God not me, do you see it? The lion roars in defense of God not in defense of me. If somebody wants to step on me that's all right, if somebody offends me that's all right, if somebody does something to me that's all right, there is no retaliation, there is no revenge, there is no self-seeking. As John Bunyan said, "He who is already lying down needs fear no fall." There's nowhere to fall. I'm already there I seek nothing for myself, but the lion roars in me when God is maligned, you see? That's holy indignation, that's righteous indignation, and I want you to understand that meekness is that quiet spirit that is non-defensive, non-retaliating, non- vengeful, non-self-seeking but when God is dishonored that same spirit stands up and roars and exercises its power. It is a holy indignation under the control of God, it reacts when it ought to react at the right time, for the right reasons and for the right length of time.
Jesus had it, Jesus who said, "I am meek and lowly at heart." Jesus of whom it was said, He came riding on the colt, the foal of an ass meek and lowly, Zechariah 9:9, He would come so meek. Jesus who seemed so quiet, who avoided the conflict so often. Jesus of whom blessed Peter said, "When he was reviled he reviled not again." And when He was persecuted He did not retaliate or seek revenge. Jesus, that quiet and meek spirit, the same Jesus who when God the Father was dishonored walked into the temple, made a whip and started whipping men in the back and started throwing tables over and knocking over chairs and spilling money and chasing animals, and said, "get out of here, you have turned My Father's house into a den of thieves and it is to be a house of prayer." The same Jesus, meek and quiet spirit in dealing with people who when He confronted the, the filthy hypocrisy of the Pharisees blistered them from one side to the other and called them whited sepulchers, white washed on the outside and inside full of dead men's bones. Listen this is the same meek and lowly Jesus, watch it, the key is this, Jesus never spoke a vengeful word or a retaliating word or a word of - condemnation or judgment against anyone for something they had done to Him. He spoke it only in reference to how they treated God, and He set an example. Peter says in First Peter 2, "Christ has suffered, setting an example for us." And what is the example? "That when he was reviled, he reviled not again." When He was condemned He did not become vengeful. Now you see Him with a whip in the temple, and He's cleaning the temple because it is a defiling of the Father's house. But when His own temple was defiled, hanging on the cross and the nails were driven through and His body was dripping with blood and spit and sweat and they were mocking Him all He had to say to them then was, "Father," what? "forgive them, they don't know what they do." See? That's meekness, that's power under control, it's total selflessness. Jesus never reacted to that which came against Him only that which came against the Father. In the garden, they came to capture Him in Matthew chapter 26, it would have been so easy for Jesus to have pulled off a wonder of all wonders. It says that He had the power, if He wished to call the angels of heaven to His aid. Jesus said, "Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?" Conservatively speaking nearly uhm, a hundred thou...seventy-five thousand angels, do you know how powerful that is? Well look at the Old Testament, one angel slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians. Listen, Jesus said, I could with one word to My Father have twelve legions of angels here in a snap. But not in defense of Himself, He wouldn't do it, not in defense of Himself. That's meekness. Meekness will take a whip and defend God against those who desecrate His name, it will be angry, it will be so angry that its eyes will be fiery, but meekness will not as much as lift its own finger for vengeance against that which comes to itself. You know it's so easy this...to be tempted this way, when somebody says something about me that's critical or something you know, you feel that inside temptation, boy, you know? I'll tell them, who do they think they are, touching God's anointed? You know? Hey, you get...see? Or when somebody does something to you, you know or...people keep running into our cars lately. You, you know your first reaction is, boy I'm going to get every penny out of that bird, see? That's what you start to feel inside, then you need to say, that's not the thing to be angry about, not what my neighbor does to me, not...what happens to me doesn't matter. Meekness says I only retaliate...the lion only roars when God is the issue, see? Boy, that's when you're living right. You can't be offended, meekness cannot be offended, did you get that?
There's nothing to defend, because we're nothing.
Another illustration of meekness as power under control would be David. In First Samuel 24 you don't need to turn to it, I'll just wrap these thoughts up. In, in First Samuel 24 David was running from Saul, remember that? Saul was chasing David, David knew he was king he was anointed king, I mean he knew he was to be the king and Saul was a rotten king and it was only a matter of time, it was inevitable. And David and his men were hiding in a cave, remember the story? And in First Samuel 24 Saul came. What an opportunity, one shot in the old heart and that was it. David knew he had the right to reign, David knew that Saul had chased him all over the place, tried to kill him, tried to destroy the wonderful love relationship he had with Jonathan, tried to devastate his whole life. He ma...you know normally a man would have been so vengeful to Saul, have hated what Saul did to him, make him run like an animal all over the wilderness that he would have taken that opportunity and figure he had every right of God, he would have said, boy God You must have put him in here, I'm going to get him while I got him. And David's men said to him, do it David, do it.
But David wouldn't do it, David went over to Saul, took his knife and cut a piece of his robe off, just so Saul would know he was there, and could have done it, but didn't do it. He had the power, he had the right, but his power was under the control of submission to God, he would never do anything in vengeance for himself, only would he defend God. And in Psalm 69:9 David said, "Zeal for your house has eaten me up; the reproaches that have fallen on you are fallen on me." He says, God when I get angry it's because You are dishonored. He never defended himself. In Second Samuel 16 David's son Absalom that evil rebellious, vile son tried to defeat his own father as king, and David had to run for his life, and Da...David is running for his life out in the wilderness and Absalom is trying to put up a, a new government and undermine his own father, and David was the laughingstock of some people because he ran from his own son. And during that time one of Saul's men by the name of Shimei found David and he started to curse at David, and he mocked David and he threw rocks at him. David was the king, God's anointed.
But he was so humbled by this that this man was cursing him and mocking him and throwing pebbles at him, and Abishai, David's nephew said to David, David you just tell me the word and I'll chop his head off.
David said, let him alone. That's power under control. Never vengeful for himself, sought nothing for himself. He would act with his army to fight for God's causes, he wouldn't touch one person for his own sake, not one. That's meekness. Now you know as well as I do that Saul would have this guy Shimei if he'd have been throwing rocks at him. The difference is this, they both had the power, one had it under control, one had it out of control. One was like a fortified city according to Proverbs, one was like one with no walls. That's meekness. You know that one time Saul...Saul was so out of control at one time according to First Samuel i4 Saul was going to kill his own son on a minor issue just to prove his power. On the other hand, when David's son rebelled against him, David said he would rather die for Absalom's sake, Second Samuel 18:33, that's the difference.
Saul wouldn't let himself be offended by anybody, even his own son he'd kill him first, David could be offended by everybody, even his own son and lose his own life first, that's the difference. Power under control. The spirit that makes a man bow low before God, think nothing of himself.
The greatest Old Testament illustration of meekness is Moses, and I want you to see this as we wrap up our thoughts, Moses, listen to this statement, I'm going to read it to you, Numbers 12:S you don't need to turn to it, just listen, Numbers 12:3 says, "The man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were on the face of the earth." End quote. Isn't that great? The meekest man that ever lived. He was meek. Now when you think of Moses you don't think of Casper Milquetoast, you don't think of some puny little character going around mumbling under his beard. You think of fearlessness, you think of boldness, you think of combativeness, you think of a confrontive, courageous man with conviction, of a great dynamic powerful leader. You see that man with explosions of anger from one end of his career to the other, don't you? Why his whole career came when he saw ah, an Egyptian person abusing a Jew and he killed him, remember that? He blew up at him and he just took his life, he was so furious. You see him in the 5th chapter of Exodus, after he's been refined by God in the wilderness, and he walks right in there into the presence of pharaoh the greatest monarch existent in the world, he faces pharaoh face to face, looks him in the eye and says, Pharaoh, let my people go. And he wasn't afraid to face him and he wasn't afraid to command him, and he wasn't afraid to make a demand.
Godly fearlessness, godly boldness. In Exodus chapter 32 he finds Israel in idolatry, he finds them in debauchery and in absolute fury he smashes the law of God, and he scathes and rebukes, fearless man.
Bold, combative, confrontive. We see him in the outburst of righteous anger, certainly not timid cowardice. Listen, Moses was fearless, he took a life of an Egyptian, he was fearless in confronting Pharaoh, he was fearless in confronting the people of God in their sin, he went through his life exercising authority over a couple million people, he was a bold, strong man, yet the Bible says he was the meekest man that ever lived, why? Because his strength was always amassed in reaction to God's honor, never in defense of himself, do you see? In fact he had no confidence in himself, none at all. In the third chapter of Exodus when God came to him and called him, he said, who am I that I should lead this people? Who am I? And in Exodus chapter 4 God says you can't but I can, and He gave him a rod, and he had the rod of God in his hand, and he was nothing but the rod of God was everything and from that time on the rod of God is always in his hand and when he does something with the rod things happened, right? It was like a constant symbol of the fact that Moses was nothing and the rod was everything.
Paul was some, somewhat the same way. Paul said in Philippians 3:3 I cannot trust the flesh. But he said in Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." He was saying what Moses said, I can't but You can. Listen, meekness never reacts for its own sake, but only for God. Paul never defended himself, Paul never rebuked anybody for what they did to him, he never retaliated, he never fired back in vengeance, only when God was dishonored. And so it was with Moses, and so it was most of all with Jesus Christ. And He did it as an example to us, it is His meekness that we must emulate.
Let me ask you some questions in closing. How do you know if you're meek? How do you know if you're meek? I'll give you some practical questions, ask yourself this, do you experience self- control?
That's question number one. Is your anger, your power, your energy always under control? Proverbs 16:32. Do you rule your own spirit or do you find yourself being victimized by flying off the handle?
Boy, he can't do that to me, who does that guy think he is? When, when your wife says something to you that could start an argument, do you get right in there, defending yourself? You're wrong, I'm telling you, was not my fault, you know do you come right back? Or are you always under control? A meek person, power under control. The only time the lion roars is in defense of God. Rather says Paul in First Corinthians, suffer wrong, suffer wrong, take it. Second question, are you angry only when God is dishonored? Are you angry only when God is dishonored? No other time. You know I get angry? I mean I get hot angry sometimes. People who know me know that, I get really angry. But you know the things that make me angry are the things that - - that dishonor God, that mar His reputation, that despise His name, that's what makes me angry. I get angry over sin, I get angry over perversion of the Word of God, I get angry over false doctrines, I get angry over false teachers, I get angry over those who would claim to know Christ and do not, I get angry over those kinds of things. I get angry...a little boy came to me after the service, just a little guy and he walked up to me and he heard all I said, he listened so intently, and he said to me, he said, "Mr. MacArthur," he said, "we were up at General Sherman Tree on our vacation," and he said, "a man next to me took God's name in vain," he said, "was it okay for me to get mad at that?" I said, "yeah." That's what we ought to get angry about. Now we ought to be careful that we exhort those who oppose us in love and in meekness, but we have every right for the lion to roar when God is dishonored. Third question, do you respond to the Word of God humbly no matter what it says? James 1:21 says, "You are to receive the engrafted word with meekness." Do you respond to the Word of God meekly? Saying if that's what it says I submit, I obey. So do you experience self-control, are you angry only when God is dishonored, do you respond to the Word of God humbly? A fourth question, do you always make peace? Meek people do. They always make peace. Right here it says, "Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
That's what meekness will do. If somebody falls do you condemn them, gossip about them, talk about them? If they do something wrong do you talk about it under the guise that we've got to discuss this spiritual problem? Or are you the one who it says in Galatians 6:4, "When a brother's taken in a fault, you restore such an one with meekness." Uh-huh, that's what you're to do. Are you a peacemaker?
Meek people are, they don't make fights they end them. They don't start arguments they finish them. Another question, do you receive criticism without retaliation, whether it's right or wrong? Do you receive criticism without retaliation, whether it's right or wrong?
Boy this is a practical lesson, oh-ho. I work on this one hard.
Somebody writes to me and just lets me have it up one side and down the other, the Spirit has teached me to write back and say, thank you for your criticism, I know God will use it in my life, pray for me, God love you, and sign my name. Can you take criticism whether it's right or wrong, without retaliation? Another question, a final one, do you have the right attitude toward the unsaved? You know uhm, Peter says, "We are to give an answer to every man that asks us the reason of the hope within us, with meekness and fear." Do you know what he means? It's so easy for Christians to get smug, lofty, think we've arrived. And you start thinking about sinners as if they're , what do they know, stupid people, and you begin to look down on them, you get proud, and you get kind of defensive, you know, doesn't he know I'm a child of God, he can't treat me like that, see. On the other hand meekness. Those are some questions that might help you. Do you have self-control? Are you angry only when God is dishonored? Do you respond to the Word humbly no matter what it says? Do you always make peace? Do you receive criticism without retaliation whether it's right or wrong? Do you have the right attitude toward the unsaved? Do you look at them and say, oh God, they're probably better than I, that I should be saved? That's what meekness says.
Listen, Lloyd-Jones says, "To be meek means you have finished with yourself altogether." Nobody can harm you anymore because you're not important. The worst men could say of you is probably true. And most significantly beloved this is how Christ was. Listen, the one who made the world, the one who flung the billion galaxies into space, the one who calls every star by name, the one who preserves the innumerable orbits in their courses, the one who weighs the mountains in a balance and the hills on a scale, the one who takes up the islands as a very small thing, the one who holds the waters in the hollow of His hand, the one before whom the inhabitants of the world are as grasshoppers, this one says, "I am meek and lowly."
Can you do less? And so Peter says in First Peter 3:4, "That we are to be adorned," listen to it, "with the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great value." Humility leads to meekness. Next time we'll see what meekness leads to. Let's pray.
Lord we, we want to, to know these things and we want to live them. We want You to take the truths and drive them down deep into our very life, so that these are not theory but life. We desire to be humble and meek, help us to obey that we may be what we should be and we even ask You to do what You need to do to prod us to humility and meekness, selflessness, that the result may be long-suffering, forbearing love and the unity of the Spirit which will fulfill the prayer of Jesus that we be one, and will manifest the beauty of the church to the whole world. So work in our hearts to that end, in Christ's name. Amen.
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Users that were listening to vendor and researcher pitches on the benefits of software-defined networking at Open Networking Summit just a few years ago have taken over the dais and are now sharing their initial implementation experiences.
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"Abstraction is a solution for everything," says venture capitalist Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures, which funded many an SDN startup. "The problems - opex cost reduction, provisioning complexity, visibility and diagnostics, hardware network appliances, brittle network, difficult fault isolation - SDN is a stronger intellectual foundation of networking, helps define the right abstractions, formally verify correct network behavior, identify bugs and track down their root cause."
Japanese telecom giant NTT is using SDNs and the OpenFlow protocol to virtualise routers and switches within and between cloud datacentres to automate and expedite configuration changes for enterprise customers. It's also developing a single controller to configure MPLS VPN and datacentre VLAN edge routers between datacentres using OpenFlow, said Yukio Ito, senior vice president of infrastructure at NTT.
And through its recent acquisition of Cloud provider Virtela, NTT is adopting Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) to offer automated, cloud-based firewall, WAN acceleration and SSL remote access services to enterprises on-demand. NTT also plans to adopt the OpenStack Neutron API to orchestrate SDN controllers and cloud operations, and save on capital and operations expenses, Ito said.
SDN and NFV at AT&T is a culture change, according to John Donovan, senior executive vice president of technology and network operations. Not only will SDN and NFV disrupt AT&T's entrenched service network, it will disrupt the way the carrier does business.
"We're changing everything: how the network is built, how we're buying equipment and software, our operations and culture," Donovan said during his Open Networking Summit keynote. "We're using a consumption model for purchasing and provisioning. We're tapping into open principles to make that happen."
The overhaul is AT&T's Domain 2.0 network virtualization project to embrace commodity, white box hardware and SDN controllers. AT&T is dedicating its entire capital budget to this new infrastructure, Donovan said, and has reached out to 100 established vendors and 1,200 start-ups to evaluate potential participation in it.
"This is not a closed room with a handful of companies making decisions," Donovan said. "It's an open process. We're calling on the industry at large to move quickly with us."
Domain 2.0 is also an ongoing competitive process that will not shun a vendor that comes late to the game but may have built a better mousetrap, Donovan said.
Domain 2.0 will be implemented in waves. The first this year will see AT&T put SDN controllers on existing platforms to test and perhaps extend useful life of existing assets. AT&T won't do overlays, Donovan said, but will establish about a half dozen "beachhead" projects to "toe tag" existing assets, with a "rapid pivot" to the new environment.
In 2015, platforms will emerge designed for and deployed in a highly distributed cloud, eventually encompassing the carrier's 4,600 data centers.
But AT&T is no SDN neophyte. To date, the carrier has abstracted the entire control plane from its backbone, Donovan said, and has "a number" of abstraction layers deployed throughout its network.
But there are challenges along the way.
"Orchestration of those controllers is a very, very complex thing," Donovan said, no less resolute. "We're moving out and we're moving out in a big way."
"No army can hold back an economic principle whose time has come," he said of the SDN/NFV uprising.
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Furthermore, those four races comprise four legs of the Pick Six. The 14-race card returns to reality with New York's seemingly obligatory $20,000 claiming turf sprint and maidens on turf going long. The 13th race concludes the Pick Six sequence.
Parenthetically, the turf route preceding the four stakes has a full field and is a much more attractive handicapping puzzle. But racing secretaries seem to think that bettors want to use lower class runners to complete their horizontal wagers.
This is, of course, shortsighted and wrong-headed, but then what do executives know about what dedicated horseplayers really want?
Why couldn't the Pick Six conclude with the contentious Travers? Parenthetically, the last two races could have been eliminated altogether, allowing those inside the shrine of American Thoroughbred racing on its most memorable day to leave with a final image of racing at its very best?
Post time for the Travers is 5:46 PM EDT and 5:10 for the preceding King's Bishop which will be included in the hour-long national telecast.
How hard would it have been to include stretch runs of the prior Pick Four legs, the Test and the Ballston Spa, so that conclusions to both Pick Threes would also be viewable live? I understand this is a network decision but since they pay for the air time, racetracks should have some input as to program content.
The excitement of gambling also needs to be part of this opportunity to lend exposure to the game.
So why am I whining even when things aren't as bad as usual? Because this opportunity is just the latest example of racing executives in leadership positions lack of imagination, even at its most successful venues.
Impertinent Questions and Possible Solution?
Who needs uniform wagering rules much less race-day medication guidelines? Why are players at NYRA tracks unable to play all exotic wagers offered with fifty-cent minimums at other venues? Why should residents of some states not be able to watch and wager on races like U.S. citizens in other states?
Why can't DRF Bets customers bet Arlington Park? Why can't stakes schedules and post times be staggered permanently to generate greater participation and handle?
There's no need for the Federal government to get in the business of running horse racing unless ineptness, self-interest and corruption is truly widespread. All that's needed is to mandate the existence of a national racing board whose membership equally represents every state that conducts interstate racing.
This Board can be funded by those states in proportion to the total annual handle generated from out-of-state sources. Two tiers of membership would exist based on the level of funding with the major tracks contributing the highest levels and lesser tracks at lower levels, respectively.
Representatives could be comprised of reputable and respected industry participants. They could not be active employees or officials of any State government agency, racetrack operator, or horsemen/breeders' association. Nor should they be board level decision-makers associated with the preceding.
In a perfect world, racing participants, including customers, would register to choose their representatives for their home states.
These elected representatives would, in turn, elect a Commissioner of Racing from among membership for a specified period. Their decisions would be final during that term.
This should inform the level of industry knowledge and experience needed by all board members. All majority decisions would have to include a majority in both membership tiers in order to be implemented and binding on all. Subsequent issues that did not reach the level of agreement required would then be decided by the Commissioner.
The board would be charged with establishing uniform rules of racing and wagering, including guidelines for all medication testing procedures and levy penalties for violators. Decisions as to the appropriateness and accuracy of information supplied to the board would be made by the Commissioner.
Any representative could propose an initiative for change or additions to existing rules for the Commissioner's consideration. All changes approved by the Commissioner would then be validated by board vote. All decisions made by the Commissioner must be in writing to assure transparency and made available to the public.
What prominent name in racing do you most associate with good communication and organizational skills, having the ability to balance the interests of competing parties who would have the confidence and trust of the racing public?
This notion seems workable and fair. Could something like this happen? If so, would it be viable?


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bada wrote:blackouts are NFL policy, not individual team policy however to absolve Al Davis of any blame for lack of sellouts is rediculous.
They come back to Oakland from LA and Al only had $ signs in his eyes. It was not for the love of the Oakland fan. He allowed the deal to be written to completely RAPE the fans of Oakland from outlandish ticket prices and brutally high PSL fees.
Completely alienated the blue collar fans that had supported his team. You are always going to get 40-50K hard core fans that will do whatever it takes to buy tickets. But so many fans just can't afford it season tickets.
But then the fiasco of single game tickets where they essentially built in a PSL fee into them. Obviously single game tickets are going to be priced higher than if you buy them with season tickets, but it had that premium PLUS a fee that was essentially a allocated PSL fee.
it was never $80 to sit in mt davis.....even it was folks always had a choice
which is perhaps the worst seats in all of football. Yeah, real fan friendly there Al. Way to really care about your fans
which owners truely care about anything but money..the sonics ownership?
and understand the demographic.
They could ABSOLUTELY sell-out that place. BUt it takes lowering ticket prices which Al would refuse to do.
its like $26 bucks to sit in / on mt davis
I love what Paul Allen did when he bought the Seahawks. In addition to reasonable ticket prices, he INSISTED and PLEDGED that the upper 5,000 seats in the stadium would be priced at $10/each. This means a family of 4 could go to the game for $40 in ticket prices. That is HALF what it costs to sit at the top of Mt Davis for ONE person.
simple untruth
He kept that for 5 years until they moved into the new stadium. As it is, even with an 800 million dollar stadium, ticket prices are as reasonble as anywhere in the league. I have some amazing seats and mine are less than a Mt Davis seat.
Dont believe for a minute that the complete raping of the fan base does not contribute to them selling out. Also dont believe for a minute that Al cant control that.
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|Introduction | Problem: Building Rafts with Rods | Solution: Building Rafts with Rods | Student Work #1 | Questions and Answers #1 | Student Work Reflection #1 | Student Work #2 | Questions and Answers #2 | Student Work Reflection #2 | Observe Classroom | Classroom Practice | Your Journal
2. The surface area for a raft made of n yellow rods is 12n + 10. The volume for a raft made of n yellow rods is 5n.
3. The graphs are both straight lines: surface area, a = 12n + 10, and volume, v = 5n. Note that the surface area graph starts at (1,22) and has a slope of 12. The volume graph starts at (1,5) and has a slope of 5.
Before you analyze some student work related to this problem, think about the following questions:
1. What mathematical content could be developed in working on this problem?
2. Every time you add a yellow rod to the raft, the surface area increases by 12 units. This is a mathematical conjecture you can make from the data in the table, from the slope of the graph, and by looking at the exposed surface of the added rod. What other mathematical conjectures can you make from analyzing the data in this problem?
3. You can justify the conjecture in Question 2 by seeing that every time you add a rod, you are adding 3 new long sides (15 units) but covering one side of the previous rod (5 units). The ends of the rod add an additional 2 units. So you are adding 15, covering (subtracting) 5, and adding 2, which gives you 12 units for each added rod. How else might you justify your thinking about the conjecture made in Question 2?
4. In what ways do representations (for example, tables and graphs) support students in their efforts to notice and generalize any patterns they see?
5. What questions could you ask students to help them move from noticing patterns to being able to develop and explain or justify conjectures?
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Health services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. With the exception of neurosurgery and transplantation, virtually all other specialties are available through the Geelong Hospital.
Care is provided to the community through:
- Community Health services at key locations throughout the region.
- Aged care through the McKellar Centre and its sites in North Geelong and Grovedale.
- Rehabilitation services both as an inpatient at the McKellar Centre and outpatient services at North Geelong and Belmont.
- A major teaching hospital and its associated services. With a staff of more than 6,000 people, we are also one of Australia's largest regional employers and a major education provider through our relationships with Deakin University, Melbourne University, Monash University, the Gordon and a number of other educational centres and universities.
With a long and successful history, our achievements and successes have been recognised with peer recognition or our programs and services by the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards (ACHS). Barwon Health was named 'regional health service of the year' in the 2013 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.
- Allied health care
- High and complex support
- High and low support
- Disability Support Worker
- Enrolled Nurse
- Frontline Professional
- Frontline Support
- Registered Nurse