“Blessed are those who mourn,
   for they will be comforted.”

 (Matthew 5:4)

OK, I’ll admit that you may not think of someone who is mourning as being happy or joyous; in fact you might say that mourning is just the opposite.  So what’s being said here?

Consider this: what if the person was so hardened of heart that they couldn’t mourn?

Those who mourn will receive comfort; those who can’t mourn… where do they go for comfort for their hardness?  A person who is compassionate enough to be capable of mourning is in a much better life position because they have somewhere to go for their hurt, while the person who has so hardened themselves that they can’t mourn is miserable all of the time; how terribly sad!

If you are mourning, not only do you have your loved ones to comfort you, but you also have the loving arms of your heavenly Father to hold you in times of difficulty; let Him be your Comforter and you will see just how loving those arms can be.