Hello everyone, welcome back! My name is Elise Brooklyn and this is Scattering Flowers, a podcast where we scatter flowers of faith.
Today is Wednesday, September 11th and we will be reading Luke 6, 20-26.
Follow along in your Bible if you have one.
Now let’s read Luke 6, 20-26.
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said, Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied.
Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and rival you, and cast out your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven.
For so their fathers did to the prophets.
But woe to you that are rich, for you have received your consolation.
Woe to you that are full now, for you shall hunger.
Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers did to the false prophets.
I’m going to say a couple of well-known phrases I learned in school that they are called idioms.
See if you know what they mean.
Here we go.
Piece of cake.
On cloud nine.
Hit the hay.
Cats out of the bag.
Did you know what some of these meant?
Piece of cake means, that’s easy.
On cloud nine means, you are so happy it’s like you’re floating.
Hit the hay means, going to bed.
And the cats out of the bag means, you told the secret too soon.
Okay, so why are we talking about these idioms?
The Beatitudes are like one line parables.
Just like he does in parables, Jesus takes familiar words and religious ideas in one line Beatitudes, tells them to make us think deeper about our faith and serving others.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, dear God, help us to love people because you have given to us all we need.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
I’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya.