Darnell Morris

The Meekness of Lepers is a call to the broken, the rejected, and the shunned of this world-those whom society has cast aside as unworthy, yet whom God draws near to with mercy and compassion. Using the biblical image of lepers, this book reveals a profound spiritual truth: that those most despised by the world are often the very ones God is shaping for His kingdom.  Throughout history, every generation has faced the challenge of defining good and evil, often shaped by shifting cultural and societal norms.
This book explores the profound cycles of stigma, shame, and societal condemnation that have marked humanity-from biblical times and the age of the Puritans, through the eras of slavery, racial discrimination, and religious persecution, to the present day. It examines how once-despised acts and identities, whether barrenness, adultery, homosexuality, or drug use, have moved from condemnation to acceptance as prevailing attitudes change.  Through Scripture, historical reflection, and spiritual examination, this work contrasts the way of pride with the way of meekness.
It exposes how human judgment builds ladders of superiority-measuring worth by status, morality, success, or reputation-while God looks instead upon the heart. Again and again, the Bible shows that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble, lifting up those who come to Him with a broken and contrite spirit.