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By definition, a paradox is a contradiction of terms. The contradiction apparent throughout the beattitudes is the difference in the way man sees situations and a person's heart and they way God sees it. I have heard people called "weak" or "crippled, " using a "crutch" in reference to religious people. Such comments are the reflections of man and attitudes of this world, not our Heavenly Father. What great comfort we can lay hold of, to know our Father is a just God and will reward fairly in His Kingdom, though we may never be honored on earth. Jesus is comforting all who lack any prestige within the religous rule of the day and warning those that think they have God, that they have nothing. In essecnce, in things are not as though they appear on the earth. God is a rewarder of those that seek him.