Beatitudes of Hope

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

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15 BEATITUDES FOR THE REALITIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE

by David Zahl for MBird.Com

Blessed are those whose lives don't add up, for they will be released from
the tyranny of score-keeping.

Blessed are those whose certainties have been stripped away, renewing
their confusion, which is, after all, the mother of curiosity.

Blessed are the humble and the humiliated, for they have been relieved of
the burden of self-righteousness, which is the great enemy of love.

Blessed are the heartbroken, for cracks are where the light gets in.

Blessed are those for whom death is not a metaphor, for they have been
returned to reality, which is the dwelling place of God.

Blessed are those who cannot abide another funeral, for they have loved
deeply.

Blessed are those can't seem to move on from loss, for they will not look to
themselves for consolation.

Blessed are the left behind and the overlooked- the delivery guy who
refuses to make eye contact and the senior citizen who hasn't received a
visitor in months- for they are seen by God, whose gaze restores dignity
and stature.

Blessed are those for whom life feels like an ordeal, for Jesus surrounded
himself with people like these.

Blessed are those whose fears and anxieties exceed the reach of their
coping mechanisms, for only those in need of help will be helped.

Blessed are those who yearn for the world to be put to rights, for that
yearning is a form of hope.

Blessed are the cursed out and the cancelled, especially for reasons of their
own making, for they will be quick to listen and slow to judge.

Blessed are those who don't condemn their sibling for not making better
choices, because there but for the grace of God go they (and may yet still
go).

Blessed are the forgivers, because at the end of the day, as Saint Dolly
Parton tells us, what else is there?

Blessed are they who hear that they are forgiven, for they have nothing left to hide. 

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DOXOLOGY

By Reverend Roger Lynn 

Praise God who gives us hearts to care.
Praise God who gives us gifts to share.
Praise God for helping us to give.
So others in the world might live.

Amen