Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

We live in the ‘now’ and ‘not yet’ reality of the Kingdom of God. It has come near and is breaking into the world, but it is also not yet fully realized. In this next part of the Beatitudes, Jesus says ‘Blessed are those who mourn.’ We mourn when we encounter the gap between the Kingdom of God and our lives. As we do, we experience the heart of Jesus, encounter His transforming power, and receive comfort from God and each other.