Shalom Shalom! Purity of heart Matthew 6:22-23 In the Sermon on the Mount, Yeshua says, The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your body will be full of light; but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! These two observance, one might conclude to the degree that we have divided hearts and our hearts are impure due to the vision that is obscured. Keeping our hearts sound is key not only to seeing ourselves as we really are, but to seeing Yahveh and know that He see and know everything that we do or even think. Yahveh can see deep into our hearts. The definition of the heart is that it is the absolute center of the human person. That is the one place we must at times keep pure. Isaac explained the purity of heart is a heart full of compassion for the whole of created nature... When he thinks about them, when he looks at them, his eyes fill with tears. So strong, so violent is his compassion ... that his heart breaks when he sees the pain and suffering of the humblest creature. That is why he prays with tears at every moment ... for all the enemies of truth and for all who cause him harm, that they may be protected and forgiven. He prays even for serpents in the boundless compassion that wells up in his heart after Yahveh s likeness. If we regard the Mt Beatitudes as a example of this beautiful peaceful place, we arrive at purity of heart when we start mourning for our sins, the sins of others and the reality of that the peacemakers were welcomed to this beautiful place. We hunger and thirst for righteousness as if it were bread and water, the righteousness of Yeshua that justifies us so that we may act justly in the world. We extend mercy to everyone for everything, not judging anyone for anything and in so doing we feed the hungry and visit the prisoner and give to the poor. We extend mercy to whoever is put before us at any moment. And as we follow these steps, we also have the promise of the kingdom of heaven; we find comfort; the rift between our spirits and bodies begins to be healed and we are reconciled with the earth and the world. We are filled with righteousness and we obtain mercy for our own sins. These are the steps to purity of heart, and one moves up the ladder through humility, watchfulness and prayer. May you have a wonderful Shabbat. Be blessed and stay blessed.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:33:45 +0000
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