Blessed Mourning?

Blessed Mourners?

Have you ever lost something really important to you… a person… a dream… your integrity… sight… motivation… hope… years… how about your faith? Have you taken the time to grieve that loss?

Jesus has this to say about that “Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.” Blessed mourning? Isn’t that an oxymoron? A paradox? A bunch of bull-ogne?? The word blessed here means “possessing an inward contentedness and joy that is not affected by physical circumstances.” When mourning a loss takes place in the awareness of God’s presence, that blessing will come because honesty is there. When we stop trying to sugarcoat it, wax it over or give it a shiny veneer and give God the cold, hard, painful truth– comfort will come– again and again!

Take the time to tell God how you feel about the circumstance, yourself, others and Him! Tell Him how you are handling the truth you are facing, the fears associated with that truth. Take the time to pour out your heart like water and tell Him what has happened in the past, present and future because of your loss … and then let Him comfort you like nobody else can.

We have lost many things in this life, including the most important commodity- people. The comfort of God has come each and every time. We have been brutally honest with God and He has been brutally honest with us. The blessing of mourning has awakened us to the presence and comfort of the God who blesses us and calls us blessed.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness. Psalm 30:11

Blessed Mourners,

Where and how to begin the process of mourning and being comforted…
Get alone or get with a trusted spiritual friend or counselor
Bring your Bible, journal, pen and kleenex (for liquid communication 🙂
Tell the truth and awaken to God’s presence
Scriptures for meditation before during and after prayer…

Psalm 94:17-19, 22 Psalm 25:15-17 Psalm 23:4 Psalm 31:7 Psalm 30:11 Psalm 31:24 Psalm 34:18 Psalm 119:50 Matthew 5:4

A book that has truly helped us: A Grace Disguised by Jerry Sittser.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement), Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

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