Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23).
Most people, and learned people especially, have all kinds of knowledge that does not in the least affect or improve their practical lives. Doctors know all about hygiene, but often live in an unhealthy way, notwithstanding; and philosophers, [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Insufficiency of knowledge
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Faith, Spiritual on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Who Shall See God?
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Faith, Spiritual on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…for they shall see God. In this wonderful Beatitude we are told exactly how this supreme task is to be accomplished and who they are who shall do it. They are the pure in heart. Purity, in its full and complete sense, is recognizing God [...]
The Pure in Heart
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Faith, Spiritual on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8).
This is one of those wonderful gnomic sayings in which the Bible is so rich. It is a summing up in a few words of a whole philosophy of religion.
Let us begin by considering what the promise in this Beatitude is. It is [...]
Hunger for Righteousness
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Faith, Spiritual on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6).
Righteousness is another of the key words of the Bible, one of those keys that the reader must have in his possession if he is to get at the true [...]
As Meek As Moses
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Spiritual on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Moses—who overcame the old age belief to the extent of manifesting the physical body of a young man in the prime of life when, according to the calendar, he was one hundred and twenty years old, and then transcended matter altogether, or “dematerialized” without dying—was [...]
Inheriting the Earth
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Faith, Spiritual on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let us see how we are to go about inheriting the earth. This Beatitude says that dominion, that is, power over the conditions of our lives, is to be obtained in a certain way, by nothing less than meekness.
The word meek in the Bible connotes a mental attitude for which there is no other single [...]
The Blessed Meek (1 in series of three on Meekness)
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Spiritual on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5).
On the surface, this Beatitude seems to be contradicted by the facts of everyday life. But either Jesus knew what he was talking about, and is to be taken seriously, or his teaching should be dropped altogether. If he is to be relied upon, [...]
Comfort for mourning
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Spiritual on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted (Matthew 5:4).
Mourning or sorrow is not in itself a good thing, for the will of God is that everyone should experience happiness and joyous success. Jesus says:
…I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10).
Nevertheless, trouble [...]
Great Possessions
Posted in Good Morning, tagged Faith, Spiritual on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the saddest passages in all literature is the story of the Rich Young Man who missed one of the great opportunities of history, and
…went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions (Matthew 19:22).
This is really the story of mankind in general. We reject the salvation that Jesus offers us—our chance of finding God—because [...]
