Friday 7/26/2013 8:45 AM
This week my theme has focused on the beatitudes. Usually when I read them I am overwhelmed
with a sense of inadequacy, an inability to live out any of them in a meaningful
way on a regular basis. Today I read this
excerpt from A Pattern for Life, by
Archibald Hunter. “The Beatitudes are
not so much ethics of obedience as ethics of grace. They imply God as a gracious giver and man as
a humble receiver. They do not mean: you
must do these things in order to deserve and win the divine approval. Rather do they say: God gives his blessedness
to those who claim no merit for themselves but, knowing their own heart’s
needs, are content to rest wholly on the mercy of God.” I wonder how long it will take before I realize
fully that my obedience to God and his ways is not a prerequisite for his grace
in my life; it is the evidence of his grace in my life.
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