Bible: The Beatitudes in Jesus Sermon on a Mount

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During his life on earth Jesus gave a sermon on a mount throughout which he informed the people listening of a list of ‘beatitudes’. The beatitudes are the objective of human actuality and the purpose for all our acts. Christ implies that if we live according to the beatitudes that we will experience the happiness of heaven in this life.

Each beatitude asks something different of us, some being harder to carry out than others, however, every single one of them is achievable and can be demonstrated on different scales. A modernization of each beatitudes could be done like this.

1. “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
To be poor in spirit, despite the way it sounds is not to be lacking motivation or initiative but rather it refers to displaying traits such as modesty and humility both towards other beings and towards God. This particular beatitude asks that we as humans show modesty towards one another and towards God through our actions, speech and thoughts. We can be humble towards others by doing simple tasks such as volunteering our time to benefit others who may not be as fortunate as us. Even in doing something simple such as praying for others we are putting their needs before ours and are thus being humble. Even through prayer we recognise our need for God and thus again are demonstrating humbleness.

2. “Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Mourning is not just confined for the death of a person but can be extended to such things as a job lost or the breakup of a relationship. This second beatitude asks us to be concerned about the pain and suffering of others no matter how small we may see it to be. When we take the time to care for those who may have lost a loved...

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...is life? We may not know what’s out there, beyond this world and beyond the infinite number of galaxies and universes, which dwell out of our reach. However, what we do know is this, the only things that are guaranteed in life are the present and the knowledge that one day each life will reach an inevitable end. We will all choose to take different routes in life with different careers and goals. We will all grow to accomplish different things and each of these will play an important role in the big picture of life.

No matter where we are from, what culture we choose to cultivate or what our beliefs are - at the heart of it all, is that we are all human beings who have ambitions and aspirations to live life to its fullest. And we should not allow political, religious or cultural differences to cause conflicts that only bring sorrow and destruction to our world.

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