Humbled because of. . . . the word or the circumstance?

Neal A. Maxwell, Meek and Lowly, p.17

Again and again, we see the difference between that genuine meekness which comes “because of the word” (Alma 32:14) and that temporary meekness which comes because of circumstances or events. Again and again, we see people who are happily “in a preparation to hear the word” (Alma 32:6), but also people who flourish for a brief season but then wither because they have no root. He whose gospel net it is told us that this would be so: “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind.” (Matthew 13:47.)

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