seeing God and being seen by God

Seeing God, that's such a cool promise and its so easy for me to just casually read over it without realizing it's weight. DJ pointed out that every other promise of the beatitudes pales in light of the promise of seeing God but it also brings them all into focus. And the way we see God is by seeing Jesus, and we see the face of Jesus in the face of the small child that interrupts us and in the face of the marginalized, but that's not all. We don't even know how else we'll see Jesus, but whatever he's promising I want it.

Pure in heart means unmixed at the center. People that are pure in heart are the ones where there isn't a question of reliability, they aren't hiding anything, and you know they won't be different people in different situations. And the way we become pure in heart isn't by striving for it, but by letting Jesus and his gospel take hold of us. When that happens we can be transparent before God because we know he already sees us and loves us fully.

"Don't be preoccupied with the purity of your heart. Look at Jesus."

"it is enough that Jesus is Lord."

Amen