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$\"\"$ <\/a>The Beatitudes of Jesus are a statement on who is well off in the kingdom of God, but his beatitudes are clearly not the only statements of\u00a0blessedness. \u00a0All around us day in and day out we hear answers to the question of who is well off and those answers are more often than not at odds with the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

Today spend some time in quiet reflection and write down the \u201cBeatitudes according to America.\u201d \u00a0Who is blessed according to our society? \u00a0Posing that question in a recent discussion at church, one woman replied \u201cblessed are the job creators.\u201d \u00a0This is an excellent example of the kinds of blessedness we strive for in our culture.<\/p>\n

After writing down the \u201cBeatitudes according to America\u201d spend some time with Jesus own beatitudes and put them into your own language. \u00a0How would Jesus phrase the blessedness of the kingdom today?<\/p>\n

Finally, try to see yourself in both versions of the beatitudes; by which standard are you blessed?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"