Blessed are the pure in heart, 

for they will see God.

Matthew 5:8 BSB

When first hearing this my guess is the disciples of Jesus and the crowd listening were thinking of ritual purity, of being made pure by their actions or the actions of a priest, the sacrifice of something. 

I wonder what they would've made of "then they will see God".

Would they have thought about the pillars of fire and smoke that led their people in the exodus, or the burning bush that Moses experienced?

I wonder if Jesus is setting the scene here for all kinds of new things, that this pure clean heart that nothing ugly or contaminated sticks to, gets that way through Jesus, and that there are new ways of seeing God that will open up. 

Creation.

Design.

The touch of a friend.

A smile.

A song.

Communion with God's Spirit within...

Change is here, it's right in front of you, God himself embodied and just like you...

Change is here. 

And He reminds us that His actions and His choices make the way to purify our hearts, so that we are free to see God. 

"Jesus, thank you for purifying my heart, and I know that there's more to do, but today open my eyes to see you. 

Amen"

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