Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4
Another beatitude that, if you are like me, you have not understood. We know what mourning is. Most of us have experienced grief. But Jesus is talking about something a little different than what we are thinking and identifying as grief. That is not to say that God does not comfort those who are mourning. The Bible tells us that he will dry every tear of grief and that he is near to the brokenhearted (Revelation 21:4 and Psalm 34:18 respectively). This mourning challenges us to look at the cause of our grief in a new way. Expand it, even.
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