Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy of respect] are the gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited, the self-controlled], for they will inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:5 (AMB)

 

I saw a Christian’s careless

critical, judgmental words

deeply wound, maim, and offend.

And I know whenever this occurs

all of Heaven weeps. And yet

tragedy of all tragedies, I saw

fellow Christians laugh and snicker

at the verbal javelin and sin-filled

slander and gossip that was thrown at

someone whose heart, soul, mind, and story

they did not even know.  Arrogantly they did

not even know or try to know how far they

had come! For I know, that I know, that I know

that all of Heaven weeps, as we should when

this shameless sin-filled atrocity occurs! For has,

worldly cruelty become the norm for the Christian?

Heaven forbid these worldly, carnal interactions!

May we as Christ’s warriors, defenders

always, always, always defend, speak up

for those whom God loves. For this is what all

of Heaven applauds! For God loves, loves

loves, loves, loves, loves, loves, loves us all!

Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy

of respect] are the gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited,

the self-controlled], for they will inherit the earth.