Happiness in
Mourning
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who
mourn, for they will be comforted.
WHEN we experience a loss of some kind, whether it’s losing
the ability to do something we like to do, losing a job, or tragically losing a
beloved to death, how is it possible to feel and know any form blessing?
The first answer
comes with the promise of comfort. A blessing occurs amid loss when friends
come to bless you with their care and comfort. You suddenly experience a closer,
loving relationship with people in a way that does not ordinarily occur. Through
a heightened focus on God’s Word, prayers and compassion, mournful heart are
made happy with the comfort of people bearing Jesus’ eternal love and his promise
of eternal life.
Blessing also
comes to those who mourn their sinful habits. As the Holy Spirit convicts us of
sin, we must grieve the sin and turn from it. Mourning sin leads to a repentant
heart. Repentance opens the way for God’s blessings to fill your life with his
happy truths.
Third, those who mourn
experience happiness as we weep over others’ sin. When people truly mourn the
circumstances they see around them, they are ready to teach and demonstrate God’s
salvation truths.
And finally,
mourners are blessed even as they suffer: Romans
5:3-5 we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering
produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And
hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our
hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Suffering leads to
salvation.
Yes, even when we
mourn, God’s blessings come our way through comfort, repentance, teaching and trust
based on God’s care over us now and forever.
LIFE Link: God, who mourns our sin, happily blesses us with
his salvation offering.
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