Blessed Are ...

H2odevos p4p Lent 2013 022113 “Blessed Are…”

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"Blessed are those who mourn they will be comforted

Blessed are the meek they will inherit the earth

Blessed are those who hunger for justice for God will use their hands

Blessed are the merciful mercy will be their dance

Blessed are the pure in heart they will see the Lord

Blessed are those who live in Peace they are children of the Word

Blessed are you who walk through the fire and suffer for the road God shows you ,

Through everything give thanks and sing for the Love of God that holds you

½ chorus

We are blessed ...........every breath

We are blessed ............daily bread

We are blessed ......blessed

To be the blessing"

Blessed to Be The Blessing by Peter Mayer

Peter's song keeps running through my head. I feel it has a certain choral lament aspect to it. When he starts in on the Beatitudes, it is such a cool "call and response" process that I feel is quite uplifting. As each line flows out, I think of people who:

Mourn; are Meek; Hunger; are Merciful; are Pure in Heart; are Living in Peace; and who Walk in Fire and Suffer.

I've thrown in a couple of my favorite quotes for you to pray about and think about today as you recognize that you and I are "blessed to be the blessing."  The first one is meant to "fire you up" just a bit. The second one is meant to "inspire you up" just a bit.

"For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere."

Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut

"Moses was wise enough to know that people will often disappoint you, that they will be weak and unreliable, that they will forget to thank you, but you must love them anyway. You must do the right thing not for the applause or the reward but because it is the right thing to do, and you must never forget who and what you are really working for. Like the man who visited his Alzheimer's afflicted wife daily, do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are." (page 47-78) Overcoming Life's Disappointments By Rabbi Harold Kushner

Blessed are you.....

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