WITH POVERTY OF SPIRIT=IS WHERE IT BEGINS

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITH POVERTY OF SPIRIT=IS

Where it BEGINS!

 

Is it ANY WONDER=Jeus BEGINS his PREACHING of the BEATITUDES=Talking

About the POOR IN SPIRIT?=Most of us=MYSELF INCLUDED=We FIND Our=Holy

Father God=Our Jesus=at our NADIR=at our VERY LOWEST POINT=”He BEGAN to teach

Them=Saying’=’Blessed are the=POOR IN SPIRIT=for theirs is=The  Kingdom

Of heaven’”                                                                                                                                                         Matthew  5:2-3

 

And so MANY of us=BEGIN our SEARCH FOR GOD=at our Most lowest point=Jesus

KNEW right=Where to hit us=Right in our HEART=and the BEATITUDES are=ONE of=

The great ingredients=OF MY LIFE=Along with Loving God=Loving Others=and Forgiving

Others=ALONG with a=Couple of things my Mom Taught me=About LOVE AND TRUTH!

Where we BEGIN=is with POVERTY OF SPIRIT=Jesus HITS US=with his BEST SHOT=Right

From the BEGINNING!

 

“Keep falsehood=and les far from me=Give me=NEITHER POVERTY nor riches=But give

Me=Only my daily bread”                                                                                                                         Proverbs 30:8

“Calling his disciples to him=Jesus said’=’Truly I tell you=This poor widow=Has put more

Into the treasury=Than all the others=They all gave=Out of their wealth=But she=OUT
OF HER POVERTY=Put in everything=all she had to live on’”                                             Mark 12:43-44

And this REPRESENTS TO ME=What POVERTY of Spirit really is=Continuing  to GIVE=Even

When you=Have NOTHING MORE to give=Physically=Financially=Or Spiritually=This is

Where poverty of SPIRIT BEGINS!=And that is BECAUSE=At our lowest POINT=When we  have

NOTHING=We throw ourselves into=THE LAP OF GOD=and that is WHERE it all BEGINS=with POVERTY of Spirit=Jesus knew this=and Taught us THE BEATITUDES

 

“In the midst=Of a very severe trial=Their overflowing joy=and their EXTREME POVERTY=Welled

Up in rich generosity”                                                                                                                               2 Corinthians 8:2

“For you know=The grace of our Lord= Jesus Christ=That though he was rich=Yet for your

Sake=He became poor=So that you=THROUGH HIS POVERTY=

Might become rich”                                                                                                                                  2 Corinthians 8:9

Dear Lord=we PRAY About what Jesus taught us=and we pray=That we MAY obtain=the

HEART OF a CHILD==For that is where we FIND GOD=It is a RADICAL UNDERSTANDING=

Of true poverty=and How MUCH Jesus loves us=For to have a HEART of a child=is to FIND

Poverty of SPIRIT=and this is WHERE IT BEGINS

 

“For to us=A CHILD IS BORN==to us a son is given=and the government will be=On his

Shoulders”                                                                                                                                                     Isaiah 9:6

“The wolf will=Live with the lamb=The leopard will lie down=With the goat=The calf and

The lion=and the yearling together=and A LITTLE CHILD=will lead them”                        Isaiah 11:6

“As a mother=COMFORTS HER CHILD=So I will comfort you=And you will be comforted

Over Jerusalem”                                                                                                                                       Isaiah 66:13

 

Dear Lord=We pray for=THE POVERTY OF SPIRIT=Taught to us=By Jesus=With his

BEATITUDES=and we Pray that=we have that=POVERTY Of Spirit=Like the poor widow=and

The heart of a CHILD=and mostly LIKE JESUS HIMSELF!

In Jesus’ name=and in the name of HIS  ever  living and LOVING FATHER=who both

Teach us=That POVERTY OF SPIRIT=Is WHERE it all Begins!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-30-2026

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED=by an article in LIVING FAITH Magazine=By Steve Givens