The Importance of a Pure Heart for a Life of Blessing

We do not value purity of heart as God does.  In fact, we can even view purity as offensive, because purity in others has a way of exposing my own impurity.  Even in the church, we are prone to make an outward show of purity while indulging all kinds of impurities of heart and mind.  In this beatitude, we learn why purity of heart is so important.