Blessed are the poor in spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven...be not anxious about your life.
An anxious man is a poor man. A man may
have everything, but if that everything also includes anxiety, that
man knows he is needy, in need of a remedy, in need of someone to
save him.
Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount is a
profound mix of paradoxes. First He tells us the blessedness of being
poor. Then He tells us not to be anxious because our reality is that
we are so rich, having the Father that we have.
When I am anxious, my desire for my
Savior is without qualification. Only in my emptiness, in my sense of
neediness, do I truly strive to be with the One who can give real
peace and thus real wealth.
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