Christian Devotional – April 17, 2016

As we continue our study on the Beatitudes to learn how to be Blessed, today we are looking at mourning:

The Christian devotional for the day today. This online devotional and bible study tool for women and men discusses how to live Blessed as we live out the Beatitudes from Matthew 5.

This week we’re looking at Blessed are those who mourn. When we think of mourning, we are discussing the feeling of one who has experience loss. The Jewish people have a lot of specifics surrounding how they mourn. For more information on Jewish mourning customs, check out this website: http://www.jewfaq.org/death.htm

As we learned last week, step one is to be poor in spirit and to sacrifice ourselves. Step two is to mourn that both our old self and Jesus were crucified on the cross, just as it describes in Galatians 2:20. However, Just as Jesus promises that those who are poor in spirit will receive the kingdom of heaven, God promises those who mourn that they will be comforted. As we allow Jesus to live through us each and every day, we will experience His comfort and love each day.