patty kirk

patty kirk lying down, getting up, sitting at home, walking down the road doing deuteronomy 6:7

Monday, March 4, 2013

for theirs is

I sat down this morning with thinking to select the blessing I’d most like to have out of all those Jesus offers in the Beatitudes.

What would I most like to have? I wondered. Heavenly tenure, comfort, inheritance, or justice for wrongs I have suffered? To be filled with righteousness or to be shown mercy for my unrighteousness? Would I rather see God or to hear God to call me Daughter? So hard to choose.

It occurred to me that Jesus’ message is this: Seek me, and I will fulfill your deepest longing. Or longings, I hope. Because, as I say, I can’t choose.

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  1. Yes, it is probably very hard to even think straight at 5 in the morning. Maybe you should have had your coffee first. I like that when Solomon asked for wisdom to rule the nation, God gave him that and wealth and honor. I think, like you sugest, Jesus is saying he will fulfill our deepest longings. I think he will also add to that things we didn't even know we longed for - "a good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap."

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  2. You saying I don't make sense here? Have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhatezNd-FU.

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    1. My comment reflects my admiration that you are up doing this at 5am as well as my inability to be up thinking at that time.

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  3. Shaking and pressing closes all the gaps - there will be no gaps in what he provides us - nothing will be missing. Not only that but what he provides us will be more than we need or even thought to ask for - it will be running over the edges and overflowing in abundance.

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