Jesus Says What Counts is Being Poor in Spirit

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People who gathered to Jesus that day probably thought he was going to cite their religious efforts (or "church" activities, if we were to relate it to our day) to please God, and commend them. But they were wrong. I'm astonished that his first teaching in the Sermon on the Mount (and probably what counts to his eyes the most) was being poor in spirit. He says any one who has that character owns God's Kingdom. "Theirs is the Kingdom." And it's a trait hard to find in churches today--even in born again churches. I know one person who was truly poor in spirit--Mother Teresa. And I'm not saying this because I'm a Roman Catholic; I'm not. I'm born again. I'm a seeker. I'm tired of traditional churches or what they do there on Sundays. I want the real thing. I'd pastored a big church for years--and by grace it turned out well! When I was a young person, I ministered in a church for decades as a lay assistant pastor. But everything was vanity. By God's grace, I wanna be genuinely poor in spirit. I want the Kingdom, no less!