"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted."
No one wants to think about mourning. In fact, when I came across this verse, I thought that I really didn't even want to write about mourning. We don't want to be faced with a situation in which mourning is the natural response, because all such situations are, by virtue of what they entail, some of the most unpleasant situations anyone can ever face.
However, someone around you is facing that situation. They may be mourning the loss of a loved one or a friend. Or they may not be mourning the loss of a person...but maybe something else. They may be mourning the loss of a pet. Or maybe the loss of a thing, a position, a relationship, a job. Someone around you is mourning, or maybe you yourself are in the midst of that kind of trial. Whatever the case, this verse offers comfort about one of life's most...comfortless...times.
ACTION: Find someone who is mourning, and pray for that person, for God to give tehm comfort. It may be a family member, accquaintance, or co-worker, and if so, it's even more personal. Maybe it is someone in your church or Bible study group. If you are fortunate enough that no one around you is in a position to be mourning anything, then find someone on your local news and pray for that person. You don't know their whole situation...but God does. And maybe it may not seem personal to you if it's just a face in the news, but it is personal for them, and it is personal for God, and God does not always call us only to pray for or minister to our immediate circle of friends.
If you are yourself in a time of mourning right now, and if you are comfortable sharing that situation, post it here so that others on the blog can pray for you.
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There are 2 families mourning today one for a family member who died yesterday and one with a mother who is on the verge of death. I will pray for them.
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