Mourning.....As a Good Thing

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn

For they shall be comforted.

What breaks your heart?

Loss…

Suffering…

This broken world…

Sometimes the Kingdom of Heaven seems so…

Backwards.

Pain...

I want nothing of it!

Here…

Maybe a cookie will help…

No?

How about a little…

Mindless T.V.

Or …

A good book

Or…

Some Final Fantasy

Or…

Sad...
But the truth is…

A great deal of my life and energy

Are spent…

Spent in a commitment

To avoid pain…

To escape mourning…

And to run away from anything that might hurt.

Cowardice.

Yet Jesus said it so clearly…

“Blessed are those who Mourn”

The Kingdom of Heaven seems so…

Backwards…

But…

At the same time…

So right.

Consider this friends…

We mourn because we can see.

Yes,  we  can see…

That things just aren’t right.

Yes and consider this as well…

We mourn because we cared…

Yes, we cared…

And this is a good thing.

So yes then- mourn my friends, 
And remember...

It is mourning that opens the way…

Yes, opens the way to receive...

Comfort.

Father in Heaven

Give me the courage of my Lord Jesus

Give me His eyes to see

Give me His Heart to care

Give me His courage to mourn

And so…

Be comforted.

Amen