The Beatitudes - A reflection

The Beatitudes. I don't know how I started to write my blog on the Beatitudes, and little did I know the magnitude of each verse until I had written these blogs. I think I learned these verses in Sunday School, maybe when I was 10. Three decades later, I am finally beginning to understand their meaning. I just wonder how many verses I have overlooked. How many verses, which I can recite like rhymes, have truly taken root in my heart?

For me, the Bible has recently become a guide. I find answers to almost everything in it. When I first learned the Beatitudes, I thought they were about people suffering physically in this world. I would think, "This isn't for me." Sometimes, I wonder, do we have to go through physical suffering to receive these blessings? And if I'm going through a tough time, I'll think, "Maybe the verses apply to me now."

But what a misinterpretation! I was nowhere near understanding what Jesus was saying. How little I knew! How closed my eyes were. The Beatitudes do not talk about the physically weak but the mentally strong. Each and every verse speaks of qualities that only people with great mental clarity and spiritual strength can possess—not the weak, but the STRONGEST.

They say that if you want to truly understand something, teach it to others. That is what this blog has done for me. I do not know how many of you read this, but writing this blog helps me as I pen it down. I’m not sure what the next topic will be, but I would like to write about things that can change the way I live, the way I think, and the way I act. 

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