the Beatitudes: Blessed are those who mourn.

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4

The very verse that put humanism to the contrary. (*)Humanism says that the chief end of being is the happiness of man and here the verse talks about mourning, grieving and weeping. However i'd also like to note that Christianity isn't just bout crying either. Anyhow, why should we be found mourning?

I believe that as we grow and walk closer to God, we actually become more broken, more mournful. As i look into the news especially at these unsettling times, sometimes i just feel so burdened to pray and cry out to God for the nations. I look down the carriages of a MRT or stand at the top level of a shopping centre looking down and i just feel a overwhelming sadness that cries out to God that He'd break this indifference. Maybe that's just me, but even in the Bible, all the men and women of God were found weeping at some point, the prophet Jeremiah was even nicknamed the weeping prophet by Leonard Ravenhill.

I've asked God for tears many times in my life, because tears are just awesome. Lol the world says "real man dont cry", but the Word of God says "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy" (Psa 126:5), now i'm not gonna let "manly pride" take away the joy that is to come. Also let us be comforted that God remembers our tears and store them in a bottle (Psa 56:8).

So may it be for the multitudes out there who dont know God or for our sins and weaknesses, don't be afraid to mourn and cry out for He will turn our sorrows into joy one day.

*A small note:
"Humanism says the chief end of being is the happiness of man." - as defined by Paris Reidhead in his sermon, "Ten Shekels and a Shirt" (awesome sermon btw.)