Jesus in Matthew 5:3-11

Thoughts adopted from one of Jesus' sermon, most popularly titled "The Beatitudes."

YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN...
you are at the end of your rope. Less of you means more of God and his reign.

YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN...
you feel you've lost what's most dear to you. Only then can the One who is most dear to you can embrace you fully.

YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN...
you are content with just who you are- no more, no less. That's when you find yourself the proud owner of everything that can't be bought.

YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN...
you've worked up a good appetite for God. He's food and drink and the best meal you could ever eat.

YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN...
you get the inside of your world- your mind, your heart- put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN...
you care. At the moment of being care-ful (full of care) you find yourselves cared for.

YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN...
you can cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and you're place is in God's family.

YOU'RE BLESSED WHEN...
your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.

Count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you to discredit Me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and they are uncomfortable.

{Oh how I to be blessed in this way in life. Jesus draw me closer to you}