They that mourn
“And He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying, …Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” (Matt. 5:2,4).
We have already spoken of God’s willingness to comfort those who mourn. And what are they mourning? The death of a loved one? That can happen and God is present to comfort the grieving ones. But there is a much greater grief than for the loss of a human companion or even a beloved pet.
The grieving Jesus speaks of is the loss of our Father in heaven. No one more than He can so infinitely remain captivated to a relationship. It is the loss of His infinite grace that leaves so many humans despairing and abandoned. When our first parents deserted Him by heeding the lying serpent, He partially separated Himself from us. Since that day, the fullness of grace—infinite love—has been lost to us.
Humans were originally designed to be loved—to be loved with infinite love, eternal love, never-ending love and patience. How can we attain the heights of accomplishment possible to us without infinite love? How can man understand the deepest secrets of life without accessing never-ending grace? Technology and the computer claim the sole ownership of learning. Yet, they are an abacus compared to the knowledge and wisdom that comes to the soul that is bathed in compassion and loyalty to the moral code, and connected with the Creator of the universe. Technology will only succeed if allied to God’s infinite grace. Otherwise, the exclusive search for information is doomed for eventual failure.
Adam and Eve lived in the pure atmosphere of God’s acceptance until the day they gave it all up. Since then their race has suffered under the governance of a hate-filled tyrant. He has filled this world with selfishness and bitterness in revenge toward the Creator and His beloved Son.
Do you sorrow for what you know not? Is something missing in your anxious heart? Does your heart carry a heavy load without relief? Does your stress lead to heart disease despite all your efforts to live healthfully? Do you sorrow for sin and the alienation sin has caused? Do you long for a friendship with your heavenly Father and Friend?
Jesus offers hope. “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” In His words, the Final Authority has given us all that we need to receive the comfort and quietude He speaks of. You may take His promise and go to Him now. He hears your deepest heart yearnings. You can trust Him to respond.
The cure is so simple; the youngest can understand. The solution is so free; the poorest may take full advantage of it. It is so completely a gift; it requires no willpower or good behavior on our part to accept it. To ask God for forgiveness and acceptance is native to us all. And He loves to receive us just as we are—sinful, helpless, dependent.
If you have tasted of the bitterness this world has to offer and it has left you weeping and crying out for a better place, God is waiting in the shadows for you. If sin has left you full of anxiety despite all the fun it advertised, your heavenly Father is calling to you. He only calls those who are ready to end the separation sin has caused.
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.” (Ps. 32:1,2).
“Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.” (Is. 40:1,2).
Blessed are they that mourn.
We have already spoken of God’s willingness to comfort those who mourn. And what are they mourning? The death of a loved one? That can happen and God is present to comfort the grieving ones. But there is a much greater grief than for the loss of a human companion or even a beloved pet.
The grieving Jesus speaks of is the loss of our Father in heaven. No one more than He can so infinitely remain captivated to a relationship. It is the loss of His infinite grace that leaves so many humans despairing and abandoned. When our first parents deserted Him by heeding the lying serpent, He partially separated Himself from us. Since that day, the fullness of grace—infinite love—has been lost to us.
Humans were originally designed to be loved—to be loved with infinite love, eternal love, never-ending love and patience. How can we attain the heights of accomplishment possible to us without infinite love? How can man understand the deepest secrets of life without accessing never-ending grace? Technology and the computer claim the sole ownership of learning. Yet, they are an abacus compared to the knowledge and wisdom that comes to the soul that is bathed in compassion and loyalty to the moral code, and connected with the Creator of the universe. Technology will only succeed if allied to God’s infinite grace. Otherwise, the exclusive search for information is doomed for eventual failure.
Adam and Eve lived in the pure atmosphere of God’s acceptance until the day they gave it all up. Since then their race has suffered under the governance of a hate-filled tyrant. He has filled this world with selfishness and bitterness in revenge toward the Creator and His beloved Son.
Do you sorrow for what you know not? Is something missing in your anxious heart? Does your heart carry a heavy load without relief? Does your stress lead to heart disease despite all your efforts to live healthfully? Do you sorrow for sin and the alienation sin has caused? Do you long for a friendship with your heavenly Father and Friend?
Jesus offers hope. “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” In His words, the Final Authority has given us all that we need to receive the comfort and quietude He speaks of. You may take His promise and go to Him now. He hears your deepest heart yearnings. You can trust Him to respond.
The cure is so simple; the youngest can understand. The solution is so free; the poorest may take full advantage of it. It is so completely a gift; it requires no willpower or good behavior on our part to accept it. To ask God for forgiveness and acceptance is native to us all. And He loves to receive us just as we are—sinful, helpless, dependent.
If you have tasted of the bitterness this world has to offer and it has left you weeping and crying out for a better place, God is waiting in the shadows for you. If sin has left you full of anxiety despite all the fun it advertised, your heavenly Father is calling to you. He only calls those who are ready to end the separation sin has caused.
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.” (Ps. 32:1,2).
“Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.” (Is. 40:1,2).
Blessed are they that mourn.
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