The Voice is who I am. Another Voice is how I sound.
Be
This is not a story of breakthrough. It’s a quiet return. A moment of trying again to read, to remember, to change. After forgetting what I’ve already read… after falling into the same thoughts… I came back to the Beatitudes. Words I’ve heard before. But this time, they whispered something deeper. Not a command to do more. Just an invitation to be. Be poor in spirit. Be meek. Be hungry for what’s right. Maybe that’s where real change begins.
T.P
6/23/20251 min read
Every now and then, a new resolution comes to mind
Something to do, to get closer to the truth.
And maybe break some bad habits buried deep inside.
One of those things...it's not a favorite, not the last either...
But maybe the only one , is to read the Bible.
Tried, even though after that, my mind goes places I already know ain't worth it.
Keep trying even knowing I’ll probably forget most of it.
Keep trying, even when after all that knowledge,
there’s not enough action that follows to bring real change.
Trying. And maybe, just maybe, if I’m willing,
A whisper of truth might cut through and bring me to my knees.
This time didn’t feel much different than the others,
Maybe just a little.
Maybe cause I heard some teaching on it before.
I can’t really tell the difference.(yet!)
Another night, flipping pages, trying to find that chapter in Matthew
That I left off two, three days ago.
The Sermon on the Mount.
Heard about it before, probably read it too… Ah, I did, cause I read the whole book last year, even took notes. Didn’t keep much of it, but yeah I read it. (I thought.)
And here I am again.
The Beatitudes. He said… (Matthew 5:3-11)
Almost done, kinda long,
But I stopped there. Didn’t go further, closed the Bible, went to sleep.
Came back, tried to memorize it while sleeping to not drift back into those other thoughts.
It’s deep like everything else in there, but why can’t I let this one go?
He said: blessed are the poor in spirit…
The title says "The Beatitudes."
Beee...atitudes.
My pastor already preached a whole series on that.
Be...Be? Be!!
Be poor in spirit.
Be meek.
Be hungry and thirsty for righteousness.
Be merciful.
Be pure in heart.
Be a peacemaker.
Just Be.
That’s the answer to all my “How?”
How to be like You, Jesus?
How’d You even do this?
How am I supposed to?
How ? Just be.
Another piece of knowledge gained.
Another candle lit on this road.
Another answer to a prayer I forgot I even prayed.
Another reason to get it right.
Another moment where I’m asking
if this knowing is just gonna make the judgment more painfully fair..
Be..