This was a strong point. Well done.
But then people are not following in Jesus’ footprints, still.
I was not suggesting that Jesus should have been less or more meek - in either meaning. My sense is that Christians do not follow in his footsteps. They tend to worship him as a symbol, but do not live as he lived. Some exceptions: liberation theologists in South America, Martin Luther King. People who follow the core thrust of his teachings and apply the best of it, even when it means going against both secular and religious authorities. Which Christ did.
The best way to please the lord would NOT BE then to support organized religion. It is to take oneself very seriously. To follow one’s intuition. To use one’s gifts. Jesus chose to move amongst the weaker in society, the poor, the outcasts. This too is rarely done and when done it is solely in the helper mode - charity - whereas Jesus lived and socialized with these people. They were his social circle, his friends and students. He reinterpreted scripture and did not agree with rabbis. IOW he trusted his own authority. He even allowed himself to perform what we would call magic. He became outraged, in at least one instance, by what he considered immoral practiced and in a rage threw things around. He was not violent against people, but he was hardly polite.
He lived simply and did not amass material things. He repeatedly put himself in situations where he could have been physically attacked. Take the situation where he confronted the people who wanted to stone the adulteress to death. Here he was going against local moral practice.
These things one must do also if one is to follow in his footsteps. It is not just about not judging and being loving. We are talking about someone who placed tremendous faith in himself even if this brought him in conflict with tradition, religious authority, secular authority, individuals. He trusted his vision and his intuition.
Those are deep footprints.
Dare you follow in those?