Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  Matthew 5:3

 

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Heavenly Father,

Thank you for today and for the opportunity to reaffirm that we need you.  To be poor in spirit is to know that we can do nothing of true purpose without you and that we need to be reliant upon you.  For our purpose is to come to know you and to fully trust in you.  To do this we must give ourselves to you which means that we must give ourselves to loving those around us.

 

Your will for each of us involves embracing your light and love and redirecting it out into the world.  To consistently ignore this fact is to lose oneself overtime and to become drawn to what takes us away from you; like greed, envy and indifference to others. We see so many of our sisters and brothers caught in the worldly desires and lies that oppose your will and wander paths that ultimately lead to lacking meaningful purpose and thus ultimate failure.

 

We pray that we are continually reminded of the importance of coming to you each day seeking the next step in your will for us and how that can let us share your truth with others.  Relying upon you enables us to answer life’s most important questions of who we are, why we are here, what matter most and what does not matter at all.  For being poor in spirit enables us to be drawn close to you and being rich in your love allows us to do your will.  Amen