Believe more Deeply

“Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see.”
                                                                      Bill W.

Pure in Heart

Matthew 5:8 (NIV)

Blessed are the pure in heart,

for they will see God.

Pure is from the Greek word “katharos” which means “unmixed, unadulterated.” This verse could be translated to, “Blessed are those whose motives are unmixed.” This beatitude demands from us the most exacting self-examination. What is our motive for the things we do? Do we teach, for others to gain knowledge or do we instruct to show others what we know? Are our prayers asking for His will to be done or our own? Do we study the Bible because of our need for God in our hearts or do we study to lord over others.

There is a line easily crossed if we are not aware that it exists. The line that everything we do is for self-satisfaction. I feel a purpose and a lifting of my spirits every time I counsel. I pray that it will never become more about what I receive than what I am giving. To examine one’s motives is a daunting thing, for there are few things in this world that even the best of us do with completely unmixed motives. So in our hearts we keep striving for purity, with success and failure.

In the Revised Standard Version of 1 Kings 8:18, there were things that David wanted to accomplish, but he would fall short and God told David as He tells us, “you did well that it was in your heart.”

Christianity, moderately important?

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

C. S. Lewis

Mountains

Sometimes the mountains seem too steep to climb. They seem unconquerable and we find our self paralyzed at its foot. Lord, help us to remember, Impossibilities vanish when a man and his God confront a mountain.

 

….but with God all things are possible.

                     Matthew 19:26

 

A LIFE

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters.

Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.

                                                Thomas Merton