Blessed are you...
How are you living into the Creator’s kingdom by lifting those around you?
Luke 6:20-21
Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.”
The Beatitudes are often read as promises of a distant, heavenly future, but Jesus speaks of them as present realities. The poor, the hungry, and those who weep are already blessed—not because their suffering is virtuous but because the Creator’s justice centers them. These blessings show us the Creator’s kingdom: a world where every tear is wiped away, where the marginalized are uplifted, and where abundance is shared.
But these words aren’t just visions of “someday.” They are scaffolding for today. Jesus names what should already be true and calls us to build it. The question isn’t if the hungry will one day be filled, but what systems keep them from being filled now? And what role do we play in those systems? The Beatitudes challenge us to imagine justice as tangible and then live into it, creating a world that reflects the Creator’s heart.
How are you living into the Creator’s kingdom by lifting those around you?
— Katelin Champion