In the fifth chapter of Matthew, Yeshua gave the Sermon on the Mount, the verse quoted is the third. I always had trouble with that, and a YT channel I recently watched said that it means when we realize how little we know, let alone fully comprehend, we are humble before God, and while we fall short, we stay humble. That makes sense to me, and as I learn more about my faith, I realize how many layers of kenning there are to single words of the Rabbai, let alone entire sentences and whole teachings.

I’ve been thinking a lot the last couple of days about the spiritually curious or spiritual babes. Jesus demonstrates a special soft spot for these, the outcasts, and those dwellers outside of Israel. Not a single miracle I can name was performed in Israel, and Jesus himself was born in Palestine.

Jesus told the story of religious clergy passing by a man beaten, robbed, and left for dead, in their way to Temple, and of the good Samaritan. He asked who among the crowd that would lure him into speaking in favor of breaking the law would leave a lamb that in the well on the Sabbath, demonstrating that legal and moral/Godly aren’t necessarily the same. Questioning, seeking, not being hell-bound on moral relativism is a good thing

I don’t remember which movie it was in a couple of decades or so ago, when an archangel assured a sinner that is when you feel most lost is when you’re closest to being found. Indeed. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven, that isn’t lo, here, or lo there, but within you.