The question from a prior post was, "What do you think characterizes the 'poor in spirit'?"
It strikes me that the NLT translation of Matt 5:3 is getting at it:
God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
I've seen many poor people who have no realization of this...in this sense, they are no different than the rich who don't either. In other words, as my Dad says, "you can be as greedy with $15 as you can with $15,000".
