An uncomftrable life

Sorry these are late, but here are some of my thoughts on the past few sermons.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
 Like some others have written, I was greatly refreshed by how DJ emphasized that righteousness means "right relationship" and we strive to have living, breathing, and personal relationship with the Lord. I also enjoyed the reference to the fact that we are the bride of Christ, that metaphor gets me every time.
The days after I listened to this sermon, I would find myself temped to dishonor my relationship with the Lord. I can still forget that my sin takes away from my relationship with the Lord and at times of emptiness there is an emotion/feeling of just pure hunger and starvation. I think this beatitude ties in really well with the first one.
I love the end when DJ points out that we will be satisfied!

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 
 I'm really glad DJ took the time to explain what mercy meant. Mercy is one of those words that I think I understand but sometimes I really need to slow down and think about the real definition of mercy. I always envision like a king (Lord of the Rings style) and some peasant who begs the king for mercy and sometimes he gives it, and sometimes he does not. DJ said "Mercy is giving someone what they do not deserve" and "Mercy is not giving someone what they do deserve." 
Mercy is very hard for me to give out sometimes, this sermon kinda punched me in the gut. Especially when he brought up how that giving mercy means taking risks, and not caring about how the person ended up where they are. We are still called to give mercy, though it may be so challenging.
 I cannot comprehend of how if it is hard for me to give mercy, how could God give mercy to us all when we have fallen so far from our true nature? 

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
 This sermon made my head twirl a little, with all the questions DJ was asking I was like "I have no idea DJ, aren't you supposed to know the answers?"
The greatest relief came over me when DJ said that 'pure of heart is not perfection' but rather they are adherents to the other beatitudes (with Jesus) and crave truth and integrity and they accept the truth about themselves. Just another example of the beatitudes being awesome and reminding us we accomplish these things through the power of Jesus!

Hope you all are safe,
Konrad