This is such a nice beatitude. Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God. It doesn't seem upside down and backward like the others. Blessed are the peacemakers—-the ones who do the work of God and bring peace....lovely, sweet, peace for they shall be called children of God. Isn't that a nice confirmation that people who do nice things will get their just reward and be claimed by God. Finally, we have a little something that makes sense if A = B and B=C then A=C. If you do good things you get good things. That's what we all hope for. Isn't it? We may be Christians but we aren't above hoping for karma. Good people get good
Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.
Once upon a time, in a time far far away, my family went through hell. There was sickness. There was hardship. There was injustice. And there were trials of fire. You could call it a dark night of the soul. You could call it the dark woods. You could call it a "hard time". You could probably call it most anything you want. I tend to call it hell. It was a time of loneliness, isolation, fear, and doubt. And while it probably could have gotten much
Sunday morning parking at the church is available in the high school parking lot on Third Street across from the church and in the city lots west of the church. These lots are available only on Sunday mornings. A small lot for handicapped parking is available just off of Adams Street on the north side of the church, with an accessible entrance directly into the sanctuary. A lift operates between the Fellowship Hall (3rd Street level) and the Sanctuary. William Sound System Receivers and Headsets are available to assist with hearing problems.
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