the plane—its height above the earth. Being poor in spirit has to do with attitude, not altitude. It is having a right orientation toward God. D. L. Moody adds, “One of the strongest signs that a man is growing in grace, is that he is growing smaller and Christ is growing larger.” The poor in spirit don’t disparage themselves; they exalt Christ. In an interesting study, one hundred people were handed a pen and a blank piece of paper. Ninety-seven of them proceeded to write