Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
I have liked the idea that this verse speaks of salvation.
Recognize your sin, mourn, and then …
Comfort!
And I recognize that this verse doesn’t say,
“Blessed are they that mourn,
For then they’ll get to mourn more.”
That would be unwelcome.
And yet I think again about what I’ve heard,
The more precise translation of makarios:
Happy. But not just happy. More like,
“You are in your happy place—
Right where you need to be.”
Mourning is right where you are supposed to be.
What craziness is this?
Because this world is broken.
Because there isn’t a better response.
Because after mourning, comfort comes.
Because God’s ways are not our ways.
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