Poetry

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THE BEATITUDES

MATTHEW 5:3-12

How happy and how blessed are those
Who know their poverty;
Who understand their desperate need,
Their spirit’s bankruptcy.

The craving of their hungry heart
God’s rule will satisfy;
They’ll gladly yield their emptiness
To draw on His supply.

How happy those whose waywardness
Their emptiness reveals,
Who feel the pain their sin has brought,
The grief the Father feels.

In mourning, they’ll be comforted,
Enveloped in God’s love;
Forgiveness bringing to their heart
Approval from above.

How blessed are those who walk with God
In deep humility;
Who daily draw their strength from Him
In His sweet company.

The earth is theirs, they’ll freely find
The land its bounty yield;
Where’er they go, God’s favour shall
Surround them like a shield.

How blessed are those whose hungry hearts
Desire to do what’s right,
To please the loving heart of God,
Find favour in His sight.

Their hunger shall be satisfied;
They’ll walk in step with God:
Their feet will find His chosen path
Directed by His Word.

What blessing comes to those who give
Forgiveness full and free,
Who hold no grudges, do not seek
Another’s judge to be.

God’s mercy shall return to them:
His way to them is clear:
To be forgiven, they must forgive
The heart of God to share.

How happy those whose hearts are pure,
With undivided love,
Who have no passion but their Lord,
Who worship God above.

His glory He will show to them,
The beauty of His face;
He’ll draw them tenderly to feel
The warmth of His embrace.

How truly blessed, the ones who pray
For others in their need,
Who make themselves an offering
As they for sinners plead.

They shall be called the sons of God
For ‘tis their one desire
That others, too, His peace would know,
Be touched with holy fire.

The greatest joy is kept for those
Whom men have come to hate:
Because their lives expose the wrong,
They’ll share the prophet’s fate.

They will receive a great reward
Reserved for them in heaven;
They’ll mirror Jesus here on earth
As grace to them is given.

This is the way to holiness,
The path that Jesus trod:
There is no other way for us
If we would be like God.

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