When someone has an epiphany, it's not that reality changed. The way they see that reality did. In the same way, having Jesus in our lives doesn't always mean our reality changes. It simply means we see that reality differently (and better). Today we get an “Epiphany Orientation” about what constitutes a blessed life. It’s easy to assume that we are blessed by God when things go well, when they turn out the way we’d like, and when our efforts are successful. Jesus, however, helps us see the blessings in what we would normally consider curses. When we fail, when we suffer, and when things don’t go our way, it forces us to put our trust in God and for our souls to be satisfied in him.