"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted."
Matthew 5:4
This verse seems like a small lesson that reflects all of life. We come to earth to learn, and mourning and cofort go together, at least during the learning process. Later we can live in a perfect world where only one is preset, but in mortality, we have to experience grief in order to perfect our understanding of joy.
I think the other side of this is that, once we learn the concept and we know that Christ grants us eternal life, we can allow at least some of our mourning to be turned into joy and comfort *now* because we have faith in the comfort to come, knowing that pain and grief are temporary and that our loved ones are happy.
Today, let's remember that mourning and sorrow are things that we will someday leave behind, and let's live for the promised future of joy and comfort that Christ offers us.
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