DAY 4 : Real people Beatitudes!
If you do the "right" thing when the conventional wisdom is to do the "smart" thing, Blessed are you.
This week is a real time of reflection.  The blizzard MADE us stay in and think. Doing the right thing is not always easy.  Lord I pray that we strive to do the "right" thing.

CHICAGO BLIZZARD !!! I am in it!! (BLESSED day 3)

As I look out of the window I think BLOG!! Don't want to forgot again today!
Day 3 real people beatitudes: 
This week, if you put yourself second for the needs of another, Blessed are you.
This one really hits home today as there are so many in need and stranded due to the storm.  Lord PLEASE watch over those who are in need of help in Chicago today.  Watch over the elderly, the hungry, the poor and those who are stranded today.  Please give those of us with health, wisdom and knowledge of what to do in this kind of severe weather to use common sense and help others as necessary.  In Jesus name, AMEN.
The Great Snowstorm of '67 (Chicago Tribune Special Section, Feb. 5, 1967)

Day 2 : Real people beatitudes

If you find yourself feeling the loss of a friend or loved one and, in missing them, you realize that you experienced the love of God in their love for you, Blessed are you.