Friday, October 7, 2011

Oct 7 - Luke 6:17,20

[Jesus] came down ... and stood
on a level place ... and said ...
"Blessed are you who are ..."
Luke 6:17,20
Most of the time when we hear the Beatitudes -- "Blessed are you who are ..." -- we think Matthew 5 and the Sermon on the Mount.
But I love that Luke 6 is the "Sermon on a Level Place."
Why? Because more of life is spent on the level places than on the mountain tops and highs.
Plateaus are obviously much better than valleys, but all of us seems to chase the mountain highs and get a little bored with plateaus. We take them for granted. God, however, calls us to "give thanks in all circumstances" (1 Thes 5:18).
What normal, level, average thing are you taking for granted and need to give thanks for?
In Christ's Love,
an improving gymnast
(a guy who's learned to appreciate
a good, level, balance beam)

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