Lingpin is a full-time servant for God!! He serves in many areas in church, including playing the drums for the church band and editing videos and taking photographs. He inspires many with his sacrificial heart.
Something interesting from wikipediaThe Beatitudes:
The blessed nature that these characteristics endow is not meant to be considered from a worldly perspective, but from a psychological perspective.
The word traditionally translated into English as"blessed" or "happy" is in the Greek original. A more literal translation into contemporary English may be "possessing an inward contentedness and joy that is not affected by the physical circumstances".
The Beatitudes imply that people not normally considered blessed on Earth are in fact blessed by God/Reality and will experience the Kingdom of Heaven.
In other words, its the secret to true, eternal, happiness. Its the gateway to heaven.
But thats almost shocking because the world teaches us the exact opposite. And it seems that was Jesus' intent when he taught this, because he wanted to he wanted to shock people out of their worldliness and love of this world. How are we going to stomach this gut-turning way of changing our perspective of this world? I think it just underscores the difficulties of being a disciple in our world... yet there is light atthe end of the tunnel. Endure!
Attached is a picture of the Church of the Beatitudes on the northern coast of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.The traditional spot where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount.
But you know what, tradition tends to be fuzzy...
But still.... cool hor?
love you lots
ling pin
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