Poor in Spirit?
Cross post from www.fortyfaithful.blogspot.com W elcome to this Forty Faithful journey. For this period of 40 days, Scott and I will write eight blogs for you to ponder. We will be studying Matthew 5:1-10 and intersect these words of Jesus with the approaching celebration of Easter. We have no predisposed outcome for you or ourselves...we are simply on a journey to know our God in a new way. Read, think deeply and pass it on... F orty days before Christmas was mid-November. By mid-November last year I had Thanksgiving planned, company coming, a few Christmas gifts purchased, and the cooking scheduled! By the end of November, Thanksgiving was over, I was stuffed and already stressed but the tree was arriving! Stockings were to be hung, more food to be cooked and for heavens sake a party or two to attend. It was a busy forty days as we approached Christmas. I wrote and talked about the lack of time and the lack of con...