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I completed two assessments today. One of them isn't due til Wednesday. But they are both done, cleanly finished with bibliographies and double spacing, ready to hand in. I am tired no, cause it's late, but I am not stressed. It's great :)
I read some of Matthew today on the sofa in the window at Manning. It was the start of the beatitudes, you know the "blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are the meek, blessed are the merciful, blessed are the cheesemakers peacemakers..."
You get something different everytime you read a passage. Everytime I read that, I usually focus in on the meek, or the peacemakers, or the merciful. But this time, I noticed the "blessed are the poor in spirit" and "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness". The times I am disheartened are few and far between cause I always find stuff to make me happy. But the disheartening times do come, like last week, and the whole reason I get them is because I put my store solely in things that aren't God. Usually other people. And then I get suprised when people fail or fall away and leave me feeling terrible.
The answer to my problem is there, in verse 6: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
This is something from some notes I have:
"The poor in spirit are those who are humble before God. The poor in spirit know that they have no claim upon God's mercy. They know they are unworthy to demand anything from God. They know they are utterly dependent upon him. The paradox of living the King's way is that great reward and blessing comes from acknowledging our sin and failure."
Ed Vaughn
I read some of Matthew today on the sofa in the window at Manning. It was the start of the beatitudes, you know the "blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are the meek, blessed are the merciful, blessed are the cheesemakers peacemakers..."
You get something different everytime you read a passage. Everytime I read that, I usually focus in on the meek, or the peacemakers, or the merciful. But this time, I noticed the "blessed are the poor in spirit" and "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness". The times I am disheartened are few and far between cause I always find stuff to make me happy. But the disheartening times do come, like last week, and the whole reason I get them is because I put my store solely in things that aren't God. Usually other people. And then I get suprised when people fail or fall away and leave me feeling terrible.
The answer to my problem is there, in verse 6: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
This is something from some notes I have:
"The poor in spirit are those who are humble before God. The poor in spirit know that they have no claim upon God's mercy. They know they are unworthy to demand anything from God. They know they are utterly dependent upon him. The paradox of living the King's way is that great reward and blessing comes from acknowledging our sin and failure."
Ed Vaughn