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September 21, 2022
Meekness is not weakness; the meek exercise God s strength
"Blessed are the meek, for they
shall inherit the earth."
- Matthew 5:5 (ESV)
T his is
the third
installment
of a series
of articles covering
the sermon on the
mount. We have cov
ered, ever-so-briefly,
the poor in spirit,
those who mourn,
and today, we cover
Blessed are the Meek
These character
istics of a genuine
disciple of Jesus Christ
continue to move along and
seemingly escalate in how it
describes a disciple. Before meek
ness, there is an understanding of
spiritual bankruptcy before God.
We bring nothing to the table that
is worthy of salvation. After this
understanding there is mourning
over sin in our life and around
us. After all, it is the Holy and
Righteous God
that has saved us
and the closer we
grow to Him, the
more we see of
Him; therefore,
the more we see
our sin and its
blot against the
perfection of our
Savior.
Which leads to
our text where
we find that it is
the meek who are
happy in Christ
Jesus, and it is the meek who
inherit the earth. Now, the word,
meek, is rather misunderstood. It
does not mean being a “doormat
for Jesus” or allowing wrongs to
go unchallenged because we are
spineless. It is, in fact, a word-
picture of sorts. It contains within
it a picture of a warhorse - strong,
trained, ready for battle, and
absolutely yielded and submitted
to its master. The disciple is one
who yields to the Master, Christ
Jesus, and is under the control of
the Holy Spirit. The disciples will
is now yielded to the benevolent
King. No longer is the disciple in
bondage to the earthly desires of
the flesh.
Is this you? Or do you say reli
gious and good things while you
desire and obtain status, power,
authority, or even put those
things to the side and wait for a
time to make certain your will is
ultimately done? The world wants
that and does that too. That is not
meekness at all.
Meekness, being under the
control of the Holy Spirit, looks
different than the world. Meek
ness is not weakness. It is exer
cising Gods strength under his
control. It is having the right to
do something but refraining for
the benefit of someone else. The
disciple understands this more
than any other. Jesus, God in the
flesh, had the ability and the right
to destroy mankind. It would be
perfect justice should He wield
His power to destroy those who
have rebelled against Him.
In His meekness, He humbled
himself to become as a man,
lived a perfect life under the Law,
was crucified, the sins of all who
would believe in Him were placed
on Him at the cross, the infinite,
perfect, awful wrath of Almighty
God was poured out upon Him
as judgment upon those sins
that the disciple deserves, and
He died, burying those sins to be
brought back and held against
those who belong to Christ no
more.. .He rose from the dead
sealing the justification of all who
would believe in Him for salva
tion. He ascended and waits now
to come again.
Will you place your trust in Je
sus Christ? Understand you bring
nothing to the table that warrants
salvation, so submit yourself
to Him. The scripture says, For
God so loved the world, that he
gave his only Son, that whoever
believes in him should not perish
but have eternal life. Believe in
Jesus Christ. Salvation is in Him
and Him alone. Soli Deo Gloria.
RS. It is the meek who will
inherit the earth. Believer/disciple
- all things are yours now (1 Cor
3:21-23) and will be in the future
(1 Cor 6:2-3; 2 Tim 2:12).
Scott Chewning is the pastor of
Sovereign Grace Baptist Church
located at 4334 High Falls Rd and
can he reached at scott@sgbcga.org
Website: sgbcga.org
Rev. Scott Chewning
CALENDAR
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a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday.
Closed on Saturday and Sun
day. 478-994-7025
Oct. 8
High Falls Triathlon
The High Falls Triathlon spon
sored by the Friends of High
Falls State Park will return this
year on Oct. 8. It will be a
three-mile run, 12-mile bike
ride and a 1.5 mile kayak
paddle to reach the finish line.
The event is limited to 100
competitors and benefits High
Falls State Park. The last High
Falls Triathlon was in May
2019. Sign up at ultrasignup.
com/register.aspx?eid= 15162
Oct. 10
Anchor of Hope
Golf Tournament
The Anchor of Hope Golf
Tournament will be Monday,
Oct. 10 (Columbus Day) at
The Club at River Forest. Tee
Off at 1 2 noon. Cash prizes
to the top three teams and for
ongest drive and closest to
pin. RSVP 478-994-0438 or
golf®anchorofhopefoundation.
org.
Oct 14-15
Kingdom Builders
project weekend
The annual dates for Monroe
County Kingdom Builders to
work on the houses of elderly
and needy homeowners will
be Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 14-15, to coincide with
Monroe County Schools Fall
Break. Those who need as
sistance, those who would like
to volunteer and those who
are able to donate materials
or support the project in other
ways should pick up informa
tion and applications as soon
as possible at Circle of Care,
Monroe County Reporter
(478-994-2358), Forsyth
United Methodist Church (478-
994-5706) or other participat
ing churches.
Oct. 15
Butterfly Release at the
Pregnancy Center
The Pregnancy Center of
Monroe County will have a
Butterfly Release: Pregnancy
& Infant Loss Awareness Event
on Saturday, Oct. 15 from
10:30-1 1:30 a.m. at 562 N.
Lee St. All who have experi
ence miscarriage, ectopic
pregnancy, stillbirth or infant
loss are especially invited.
Oct. 22
Boy Scout Troop 51 Ham
burger Plate Fundraiser
Monroe County Boy Scout
Troop 51 will have a Ham
burger Plate Fundraiser on
Saturday, Oct. 22 from 4-7
p.m. at Old Mill Market, 94
East Adams Street, Forsyth.
Plates are $10 and include
Sleepy Creek Farms beef
hamburger and fixings, chips,
and an Old Mill Market cook
ie. Tickets must be purchased
in advance. Call 478-258-
1453 to purchase tickets.
Oct. 30
Trunk or Treat at the
Sheriff’s Office
Monroe County Sheriff's
Office, 1 45 L. Cary Bittick
Dr., Forsyth will host a free
and safe Trunk-or-Treat for
the whole family on Sunday,
Oct. 30 from 2-4 p.m. Wear
costumes, brung trick-or-treat
bags and collect goodies from
decorated trunks. Those who
would like to participate in
giving out treats should contact
478-957-3795.
Nov. 5
3rd Annual Celebration
of Angels on Earth recog
nizes caregivers
Wings and Words of Hope will
recognize caregivers at its 3rd
Annual Celebration of Angels
on Earth on Saturday, Nov. 5
at The Pond Restaurant, 2407
Moody Road, Warner Robins.
Nominations for caregivers to
be recognized are now being
accepted by the Joseph A.
Finney Sr. Foundation, which
is based in Monroe County.
For more information, contact
Cheryl Finney at 478-394-
3831.
Dec. 11
Wings and Words of
Hope holds benefit dinner
Wings and Words of Hope
will have a benefit dinner on
Sunday, Dec. 1 1 from 5-9
p.m. at the Harriet Tubman
Museum in Macon to raise
money to help caregivers and
their loved ones. The benefit
will also honor the founder,
the late Joseph A. Finney Sr of
Juliette. There will be resources
to help other foundations
continue their work in blessing
others. The formal event will
feature a live band, stand-up
comedian and a catered meal.
All proceeds benefit the foun
dation. Tickets are available
on-line. For more information,
contact Cheryl Finney at 478-
394-3831.
Nov. 1-Feb. 28
DNR will lower
High Falls Lake
Georgia Department of
Natural Resources (DNR) will
lower the level of High Falls
Lake approximately 2-3 feet
between Nov. 1 and Fell 28
to let resident perform dock
repairs. Residents should make
arrangements for boats while
the lake is lowered and should
plan for necessary repairs
to maintain compliance with
reguirements of dock permits.
Repairs must be within DNR
specifications.
Any new construction or
changes to a current permit
ted dock that reguire more
than a 50 percent rebuild will
reguired a new permit. Get
applications at the park office.
For more information, contact
High Falls Resource Manager
Taylor Geonis at 478-993-
3053.
On-Going
AA meetings
AA meetings are held at Christ
United Methodist Church, 417
N. Frontage Road, Forsyth on
Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays
at 7 p.m.
Forsyth Farmers
Market every Friday
Forsyth Farmers Market is
open for its 2022 season on
Fridays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. It
will be at 9 North Jackson
Street (the lot behind Persons
Banking Company) each Fri
day through October. Vendors
offer locally grown produce
and homemade goods. For
more information, call 478-
994-7747 or email mcordy@
cityofforsyth.com
Story Time
at M.C. Library
Monroe County Library Story
Time has favorite books, crafts
and surprises each Wednesday
at 10 a.m. at the children's
corner in the library at 62 W.
Main St., Forsyth.
Monroe County
Amateur Radio
Monroe County Amateur Ra
dio Society meets the second
Monday of each month at
6:30 p.m. at Monroe County
Fire Station 1,693 Juliette
Road, Forsyth.
Lamb Show
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by weight classes. There were eight weight
classes with five lambs in six of the classes
and two lambs in the other two classes.
They ranged from the 77-89 lb. lambs to
the 139-149 lb. lambs. All of the compet
ing sheep had an official weigh-in before
the show.
Awarded Grand Champion of the Show
was Lola Talton, and Boss Malcolm was
named Reserve Champion. Gracen Aly
Parker was 3rd overall for the lambs she
showed in Weight Class 6, and 4th overall
for her lambs in Weight Class 3. Emma
Kimbell was 5th overall.
In order of finish for Weight Class 1 (77-
89 lbs.) were Emmalyn Jerimias, Emma
Kimbell, Evan Kimbell, Jadon White and
Emerson Fletcher. In order of finish for
Weight Class 2 (91-99 lbs.) were Lola
Talton, Leah Trice, Aaron Kimbell, Willow
Waldrep and Willow Fletcher. Weight
Class 3 (102-108 lbs.) finishers were
Gracen Aly Parker, Cohen Talton, Nora
Talton, Jadon White and Baylor Prince.
In Weight Class 4 (110-113 lbs.) finishers
were Landon Prince (1st), Landon Prince
(2nd), Jadon White, Emerson Fletcher and
Jeremiah Head.
In order of finish for Weight Class 5
(114-117 lbs.) were Emma Kimbell, Cohen
Talton, Jadon White and Willow Waldrep.
For Wight Class 6 (119-125 lbs.) the order
of finish was Gracen Aly Parker, Emma
Kimbell, Willow Waldrep (3rd), Wil
low Waldrep (4th) and Riley Wilson. For
Weight Class 7 (133-136 lbs.) the order
of finish was Lola Talton, Boss Malcom
(2nd), Boss Maldom (3rd), Baylor Prince
and Riley Wilson. For Weight Class 8
(139-149 lbs.) the order of finish was Lola
Talton, Boss Malcolm, Emma Kimbell and
Rebekah Barnes.
Remember when...
1992
• There are 17 sets of
twins enrolled at Hubbard
Elementary: seven in kin
dergarten, five in 1st grade,
four in 3rd grade and one
in 4th grade.
• Standard Textile Com
pany, Inc. is buying the
William Carter Company
plant in Forsyth with the
intention of making mate
rials used in the health care
field under the PrideCraft
name.
• Georgia EPD fines Da
vidson Mineral Properties
in Bolingbroke $15,000
and requires the stone
quarry to comply with all
air quality emission limits
in the future.
• Mary Persons se
niors Jennifer Stokes and
Jason Sterling are named
semi-finalists in the 1992
National Merit Scholarship
competition.
• Butts County drafts
a Solid Waste Manage
ment Plan identifying five
suitable landfill areas, all
located near the Monroe
County border.
• Monroe County Hos
pital and the community
honor Dick von Seeberg
on his retirement after
more than two decades as
hospital administrator.
• Forsyth Mayor Paul
Jossey asks DOT to hold
public hearings on plans to
widen MLK Jr. Drive from
W Main St. to just south of
the Hubbard Elementary
entrance.
• Culloderis 2nd annual
Wild Game Cookoff will
open with an all-you-can-
eat wild game supper on
the festival grounds behind
City Hall, $8 for adults
and $4 for children 10
and under, country music
included.
• American Legion
Ross Ivey Post 303 breaks
ground for a new building
on Blount Road in High
Falls. Billy Powell is post
commander, Tony Branch
is adjutant, Bob Ryan is
treasurer, Hug Hall is vice
commander.
• Runners who bring the
Olympic flag to Forsyth in
clude Lyn and Bob Sander
son, John Kutscher, Eddie
Lovin, Sheila Patterson,
Beth Chafin, Steve Coker,
Terry and Sally Proffitt,
Laurie Jossey.
• Monroe County Gifts
of Love Committee chair
man John Turner asks
citizens to bring old and
repairable toys and bicycles
to the National Guard
Armory in preparation for
the upcoming Christmas
season. Other committee
members are Angeline
DeLeGal, Nellie Dumas,
Susan Johnson, Rev. &
Mrs. Adolph Parsons, Dick
Pollock and Wilhelmina
Willis.
• Monroe County
Deputy Karen “KB” Ayer
has the new duty of teach
ing the D.A.R.E. program
to 5th graders at Monroe
County 5th Grade School
and Monroe Academy.
• Derek Hardy, 15, is
getting a new Flexfoot
prosthesis that should
help him be an even better
basketball player.
2002
• Incumbent District 4
commissioner Joe Proc
tor will face Republican
challenger Jim Peters in the
general election.
• Judge Kevin Wagerin
signs a consent order re
questing Culloden made
no further changes to Ellis
Field after a lawsuit is filed
against the city saying
council made numerous
additions to Ellis Field,
in the heart of Culloderis
Historic District, without
community support.
• A groundbreaking
welcomes Specialty Power
Windows to Monroe
County’s Industrial Park.
• More than 200 children
have a diverse, cultured
and fun-filled summer
thanks to the summer
camp provided by the
Community Improve
ment Coalition of Monroe
County in conjunction
with the Sheriff s Office
and Police Department.
• Forsyth city council will
start a construction ac
count with USDA to build
a new Public Safety Com
plex; total cost is estimated
at $1,362,080.
• Dr. Priscilla Doster
and Kenny Walker of
the Monroe County Jury
Commission deliver more
than 8,000 jury question
naires to the Forsyth Post
Office to be sent to county
residents.
• Rep. Curtis Jenkins
announces the project for
repairs to historic Hub
bard School dormitory will
receive a grant for $30,600
from the Georgia Heritage
Grant Program. It was
picked from more than 40
applications.
• Stephanie Hopson of
Juliette wins Georgia Teen
Princess title and Most
Promising Model award in
Princess Pageants Georgia
State Finals.
• Phillip & Betty Mock
hold a Grand Opening for
Mocks on the Square.
• Monroe County re
members victims of Sept.
11,2001 with a number
of ceremonies, including
planting a magnolia tree at
Hubbard Primary School
and a ceremony at GPSTC.
• Monroe County
Middle School runners
compete in the Bleck-
lely Cross County Classic
with top times by Parker
Padgett and Jordan Harris
for the boys and Corey
James, Caitlyn Kurdish
and Kelsey Boland for the
girls.
• Allen Smith of Forsyth
is selected to umpire the
Dixie Boys Baseball World
Series (13-year-olds) in
Covington.
2012
• Mary Persons Bulldogs
get the first win under
Coach Brian Nelson;
they defeat Jones County
Greyhounds, 25-21.
• After months of debate
Monroe County commis
sioners approve a rezon
ing request for a new
private technology school
for children on Boxankle
Road.
• Monroe County will
name the grounds around
the courthouse for retired
Flint Circuit Superior
Court Judge Hugh B. Sos-
ebee Sr. and erect a monu
ment on the grounds.
• Forsyth hears debate
over whether to impose
the hotel/motel tax on the
KOA campground. KOA
owner Ken Bowman
explains that numer
ous other campgrounds
within a 100-mile radius
(his competition) are not
charged the tax while
Forsyth Monroe County
Chamber CEO Tiffany
Andrews argues for the
tax.
• Monroe County
receives a $500,000 Com
munity Block Devel
opment Grant to help
extend water lines to areas
affected by potentially
dangerous uranium in
private wells.
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