Retreat: Beatitudes for Today’s World

Religious post!  I know how much you guys love these, but the blog is called "A Lesbian Christian".  God's got to show up sometimes.  Here are a few Beatitudes I came up with.

Blessed are the poor,

                for they are rich in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are the oppressed,

                for the doors of Heaven open up to them.

Blessed are the downtrodden, the despairing,

                for they will be granted God’s eternal grace.

Blessed are the protectors of the innocent,

                 for they will be under God’s protection.

Blessed are those who do good works,

                for their need will be met by others.

Blessed are those who love their neighbor,

                for only they can understand God’s unconditional love.

QBP: "The Lord is my Shepard and he knows I'm gay." -Rev.Troy Perry

Retreat: Goals

Had a great weekend on my retreat.  I also wrote a lot, so look forward to a bunch of retreat themed entries.  We'll start off slow though.  I came up with a few goals for the retreat.  

Goals for the retreat

     On this retreat I want to:

                -find the quiet in a noisy mind/world

                -learn to forgive others and myself

                -heal my relationship with God

                -open myself up to people 

We'll see how well I did.

QBP: We focused on the Beatitudes this past weekend so...Matthew 5:3-12 (NIV). 

"Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are those who mourn,

for they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek,

for they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst

for righteousness,

for they will be filled.

Blessed are the merciful,

for they will be shown mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart,

for they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they will be called sons of God.

Blessed are those who are persecuted

because of righteousness,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.  Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."