Thursday, April 28, 2011

To BE Attitudes: Blessed ARE the Mourners...

Matthew 5:4. The definition of mourning is: To feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore; to grieve or lament over (the dead); to utter in a sorrowful manner. This is tough to reconcile, Blessing and Mourning, since to be blessed means: consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified; blissfully happy or contented. Honestly, when i started writing this post, i thought to be blessed was "all of the above" definition at once (combined), but that's not the case. How can someone be sorrowful or disconsolate and blissfully happy at the same time? Of course it's not possible! Sorrowful and Happiness are opposites and in this case, unlike the Law of Polarity that says the opposites attract, they repel each other. Besides, we have to consider Jesus Christ in the death of Lazarus, when He wept. Was He weeping because He was blissfully happy or because He groaned in the spirit and was troubled? John 11:32-35. As Solomon wrote: Ecclesiastes 3:1-4. Jesus not only understood the times and seasons, but He also expressed the fullness of His humanity and yet He never sinned. Our problem as believers, is that we try our best to be "better" than Jesus Christ, He wept, rejoiced, got angry, was troubled, was quiet, was outspoken, suffered, smiled, etc. It's ok to express our feelings, since they don't lead us to sin. Romans 12:15. So, there's no need for a Comforter (Holy Spirit) if we'll never mourn: John 14:26.

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