Title: The Creative Courage of Life
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Creative courage in life (Matthew 5:1-12) 2011.07.17.
This is an interesting legend. When God gives happiness to people, he doesn't give it right away, but leaves it to the angels and tells you to go, but those angels are too happy with people who are a bit interested in them. So, jealousy arises and we decide to hide our happiness, and we discuss it with each other. .One angel said, "Should I hide it in the depths of the sea?" Another angel said, 'People are so talented, they will find them all.' He has a lot of adventurous spirit, so he will search all the way there and find all happiness,' and an angel said, 'People believe only in their heads, believe in their talents and boast, so if you keep them in the nearest heart, you will not find them.
It is a story that people really believe in their own heads and boast, and live without realizing that happiness is in the nearest heart. Even if he just realizes that happiness has nothing to do with environment, he can be happy, but we still believe that happiness exists in our environment It means that you cannot be happy forever because you believe, change your environment, think only about a better, better environment, struggle and fight, and become jealous and jealous.
In order to find out what people thought about happiness? The London Times, a British daily, recruited the definition of 'the happiest person'. The first place was a child who had just completed the sand castle, and the second place was a baby bath. The 3rd place is a woodworker who whistles after weaving the detailed crafts, and the 4th place is a doctor who successfully performed a difficult operation and just saved a life. ,There were no hugely rich or famous celebrities. It is often thought that happiness comes only from great and good things, but in fact, happiness comes when you have completed something you think is the most rewarding.
When was the moment when you felt the happiest? Think carefully. Perhaps you were the happiest when you just finished something you thought was the most rewarding? Even if you are not in the world right now, you have a father whose name you are not ashamed of. What a happy person I am, who has a normal running meal and a lush, rough meal, who had a mother who had a warm heart even though she had a poor life, a name that anyone could not understand, and a name that would live on while I was alive. Even if it’s not a luxurious and rich life, sometimes I have a day where I can smile despite the pain of worries and conflicts, I have a starry night in the nest that welcomes me with a warm hand, and I have a morning of a sunny day that says goodbye with laughter You will have to think deeply about how happy you are.
A country's economy and its people's happiness are not the same, and neither is our health. The age stated in the family register is not the same as the age of health after a so-called comprehensive diagnosis. So, a person over the age of sixty can be forty years old, and a thirty-year-old person is already over sixty. It is said that there is a story that there is such a thing, but just as age and health age are not the same in the family register, the national economy, political stability, these things, and the happiness index of the people are not the same. Money and happiness are rather inversely proportional, and the economy and happiness index are Not only are they completely different, but they are inversely proportional. Personally, too.
In today's text, the eight blessings that we often call the 'sermon on the mount' are recorded. These eight blessings are called these eight blessings, but if you look at the original text from verses 3 to 11, the first verse of each verse begins with the word 'macarioi'. So, the Blessed One, Macarios. The Blessed One, and then the Blessed One, is explaining what it is like, but there are some difficulties in this translation. It is not 'This kind of person is blessed', but 'Blessed people are like this'. There are nine times the word 'macarioi'. From verses 3 to 11. What we need to ponder here is the blessed one. This is a matter of existence. Here we speak of the Beatitudes and the blessings Jesus described, but in these blessings there are no stories of buying well and living well, stories of success, possessions, politics, or economics, no matter how you look at them.' When they say 'this is it', the characteristic is that it has nothing to do with the environment. Then, being blessed has nothing to do with circumstances, possessions, or status, but also has nothing to do with the legal blessings they cherished.
I am explaining the blessings regardless of the ups and downs that are often said, but this is not a story about visible, material, or achievements, but only about inner, spiritual, and mental problems. Blessed people think like this, and these are the things that happy people think are important.”
When we say that a blessed person is a poor person and mourns, the main thing I keep saying is because God gives him heaven through his relationship with God and God gives him comfort. Blessed are the meek, because God It is because He gives him the authority to possess the land, and God will make those who hunger and thirst for righteousness be satisfied with it, and if the merciful are blessed, God will have mercy on them.
The pure in heart will see God, and the blessed are pure in heart, because God shows Himself to him. Blessed are the peacemakers, and they will be called the sons of God. Blessed are those who are especially persecuted. Because heaven is ours.
Here's an interesting story. One day an old gentleman came into a large hotel in Chicago, USA, and said to the lady at the counter, "Give me the cheapest room in this hotel." No one came and asked for the cheapest room, so I looked up and saw that this was the world-famous tycoon John Rockefeller. "Why are you asking for a cheap room?" "Because I like the cheap room the best." Every time he comes to this hotel, his son always asks for the best room, so he rests in the most luxurious room, so why does the father want the cheapest?" The Rockefeller famously said at that time." There are rich fathers like me, but I don't have such a father. "Because I have a rich father, my son spends money? Guys, God is rich and he is our Father. Can't we be satisfied with this?
The Bible says this today. I will comfort you, meet you, promise you heaven, and add everything to you. You are a blessed person. Can’t you live with that blessed person now? I am explaining. Knowing that God loves me and I am sad and worried, I need to know that it is a betrayal of love for God. The one who loves and the one who is loved has absolutely no right to grieve. .In our relationship with God, we are living as children of God and being loved by God, so we are blessed. In particular, the most emphasized word in today's text is the word heaven, which means "Heaven is just the door of the heart." Isn't this, if you have peace of mind, "The Bible clearly says that you do not want such a kingdom of heaven." Blessed are the poor in spirit, the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Blessed are those who are persecuted. It is not a matter to be explained psychologically with caution. We must not forget that we are living today after receiving the promise of the kingdom of heaven.
We feel the blessing of living today, and we live by confirming that blessing every day. The life we live is completely different. We must live today as a truly blessed person, looking at the true blessing, 'because the reward of heaven is great.' There is no need to be discouraged or frustrated today, and here is the creative courage of life. When the Roman Empire was persecuting Christianity, many people were martyred at that time. There is a senior of faith who left behind a legacy while writing these poems. The more you curse me, the more I will love you. If you spit on me, I will breathe a breath of love. If you beat me, I will confess my love with a moan. If you stab me I will cry out that I love you; If you throw me to beast I will become love's riches; if you burn me I will melt your heart of hatred with the heat of love. This is happiness.