"Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God."
To be pure of heart means to help someone without hoping for a favor in return. To live this Beatitude, our minds and hearts must get rid of all expectations of thoughts of personal gain. Instead, our minds and hearts should be filled with the hope of being able to help someone out to make them feel better, or even to change their total outlook in life. As Christians, we must not think of profits we might gain while helping others, but we must think about how others may benefit while we are coming to aid them. The Salvation Army is a great example to display those who are pure of heart. The Salvation Army work very hard in order to raise money and obtain clothing to those who really need it. Yet, after all this work the Salvation Army expects nothing in return for their work.
2 comments:
Pham, I agree totally with you on your concept of this Beatitude. Doing something for nothing in return is the epitomy of Christianity. You example of the Salvation Army was a marvelous adaptation of this 2000 year old law, showing that Jesus' teachings are eternal.
Thank you for for thoughts on this Beatitude.
As I have said before, I contemplated carefully about what to write for each of my Beatitudes.
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