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

This mourning is not the type of mourning you experience at a funeral. This is mourning over sin, over both your personal sin and our corporate sin as a community, nation, and world. The beginning of following Christ was to admit that without Him we cannot accomplish anything. This takes it up a notch. To mourn is to feel sorrow when you turn from God, who provides everything. That's sorrow, not guilt. Everyone experiences guilt from time to time. Sorrow, however, is rooted much deeper and effects every part of you. To mourn over your sins is to forget your own image, to stop caring what people think about you and to cry out to the Lord.
The reward for mourning over you sins: you shall be comforted. What a blessing it is when you're mourning and someone comforts you. How much greater is it when God comforts you. And remember, we are comforted so that we may in turn comfort others with the comfort we have received from God (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

May you mourn today, and rest in God's comfort.