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They That Mourn
The second Beatitude, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted,” does not speak of sorrow in general, but of a specific and holy mourning that follows poverty of spirit a grief over our sin, rebellion, and spiritual barrenness before God. When we truly see ourselves in the light of God’s holiness, we recognize that our lives are naturally weed patches rather than cultivated gardens: evil grows easily, while obedience and goodness require painful effort and divine grace. Like Isaiah crying, “I am a man of unclean lips,” this mourning arises only after we have first seen the…
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