Day Thirty–Four // March 27 // Blessing “Blessed are…” – Matthew, Chapter 5 –
With two little words (actually, only one in Matthew’s Greek or Jesus’ Aramaic), our Lord inaugurated His earthly ministry. With two little words, He unveiled the Kingdom’s truth. Blessedness… but not the blessedness we’d always imagined or hoped for. “Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are those who mourn. Blessed are the meek and the hungry and the persecuted. Blessed are you when you are reviled and despised and rejected. Blessed are you when you have nothing; for, in Me, you still have everything.” Honestly, it isn’t exactly what we want to hear. We want to hear blessings of prosperity. We want to hear blessings of health and wealth and ease. We want our
