According to Webster’s Dictionary, "mourn" means: ‘ To feel sorrow, grieve.’ Jesus words were: "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted". The principle of this beatitude is brokenness. A broken person will be open to God’s will.
What does a ‘mourner’ need? He needs to be comforted. In II Corinthians 1:3,4 we read that God is the Father of Comfort. Verse 4 from the Amplified Version reads: "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 with which we ourselves are comforted by God."
When we desire to become more spiritual, brokenness is the key to a deeper work and understanding of God. He uses this as a means of taking us deeper into our need for Him, it teaches, and purifies and brings us into a deeper relationship with Him.
We may see such breakings in a Christian that will lead to bitterness, but if we desire to be more spiritual, God will turn the trials into blessings. He is seeking to help us learn to depend on Him, see our need for God, and bless us in doing this.
My Prayer: Oh Lord, I desire to have the mind of Christ. If it takes brokenness for me to learn this, then I accept it as a means of teaching me new insights and new blessings from Your Hand. You are my Comfort and my Joy. Amen
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