"In giving us what John Powell calls the Be-Attitudes, Jesus said that these are the attitudes that will enable you to be like him."(Reflections for Ragamuffin January 24)
Attitude is something we generally notice about other people and occasionally ourselves. People can attitudes that are positive or negative. Perhaps you've said to someone I don't need your attitude.
The Beatitudes are of course from the Sermon on the Mount. They point to those whose mind set or way of living are right with God. They flew in the face of conventional wisdom of who was truly blessed. No real surprise there coming from Jesus, who often turned the wisdom of his age on its head.
It is hard to imagine having a positive attitude given the conditions Jesus points to as being blessed. Frankly I'd find it hard to keep my head up. Yet that is what we are called to do, and with adopt Jesus' attitude towards these conditions we might be able to endure.
Blessings,
Ed
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