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 Beatitudes - Part 2
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Grief is the price we pay for love! To love deeply is to grieve our losses deeply. Henri Nouwen writes: "We wonder when grief hits hard, 'why did this happen?'. To remind us of the brevity and fragility of life. To deepen the faith of those who carry on." It is hard to answer "Yes," when everything seems dark. The important thing to us at that moment is to be relieved of the pain. But when we move through adversity rather than avoid it, we greet it differently. We become willing to let it teach us. Like Joseph, we see how God can use it for some larger end. Ultimately, mourning means facing what wounds us, in the presence of the only One who can heal us! The Psalmist writes: "weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning" (Psalm 30:5). Morning always comes! Your grief will ease with time. Your willingness to embrace the pain rather than escape it, guarantees that. It is not that you will forget, it is that you will remember it differently; with more gratitude and less grief. Your tomorrows are not in the hands of your employer, your banker, your stock broker, or even your family. No, they are in God's hands, and He will be there for you when every other support has gone. Has He not always protected, provided for, and comforted you? Times and seasons change, but not "the God of all comfort." He has promised never to leave you. So be encouraged, today He will be with you wherever you go!
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