President Bush just completed a two-day tour of The Holy Land. I read a report that one of his escorts during part of the tour, a Melkite bishop, planned to discuss Jesus' Sermon on the Mount with President Bush. The bishop is very upset about the negative impact U.S. foreign policy has had an all people of the Middle East.
I wonder if President Bush know about The Beatitudes. He may think they are the attitudes that come right after the A-atitudes. Everything Bush stands for as a political figure goes against The Beatitudes. Lest you think I am Bush-bashing, the same can be said for nearly every national political figure.
Hopefully, Bush will come to a personal reckoning with The Beatitudes during his Holy Land trip. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.
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