WEBVTT 00:00:02.360 --> 00:00:05.940 Good morning everyone and welcome to Trinity 00:00:05.940 --> 00:00:10.240 Talks. My name is Kyla. My name is Melissa. And 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:14.099 we are sitting down to talk more about the Beatitudes, 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:17.820 which is this section of the Sermon on the Mount, 00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:21.839 so Jesus's most famous sermon or teaching, all 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:23.760 sort of put together. And the Beatitudes start 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:27.359 this off with, blessed are the... Blank and there's 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:30.039 sort of eight statements that fit in there. So 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:31.940 this week we're talking about blessed are those 00:00:31.940 --> 00:00:36.179 who mourn for they will be comforted And I started 00:00:36.179 --> 00:00:39.320 our podcast last week by talking about this word 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:42.140 Beatitudes and I said at that point I don't actually 00:00:42.140 --> 00:00:44.579 know what this word means where it came from 00:00:44.579 --> 00:00:47.659 So I went home and did some homework on this 00:00:47.659 --> 00:00:50.759 and found out that in fact, yes Beatitudes does 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:54.840 come from a Latin word Beatus Which just means 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:59.270 blessed. Oh So, it all makes sense. So, like, 00:00:59.429 --> 00:01:02.969 the blessings. Yes, the blessings. The beatitudes, 00:01:03.109 --> 00:01:05.629 the blessings. Oh, that's really cool. And that 00:01:05.629 --> 00:01:07.730 makes a lot of sense, too. Yes, it does make 00:01:07.730 --> 00:01:09.230 a lot of sense. But I thought, you know, since 00:01:09.230 --> 00:01:11.049 I sort of said last week, I don't know, maybe 00:01:11.049 --> 00:01:13.909 I should know. Now I know. And now you all know 00:01:13.909 --> 00:01:18.079 as well. Yeah, very cool. I think that is really, 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:21.000 really cool. I think sometimes I know definitely 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.739 for myself, like seeing those big words, you're 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:25.739 just like, oh my gosh, like this feels a little 00:01:25.739 --> 00:01:27.680 intimidating, but it's nice to know that it's 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:31.159 like, oh no, it's just blessings. Very, very 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:35.069 nice. Very, very like. soft vibe. Yeah. Yeah. 00:01:35.590 --> 00:01:37.349 Which I think also helps because beatitudes is 00:01:37.349 --> 00:01:40.290 like a super churchy word. Yes. Right. And so 00:01:40.290 --> 00:01:42.510 it's not we could call it the beatitudes or we 00:01:42.510 --> 00:01:44.709 could just call it the blessings. The blessings. 00:01:44.950 --> 00:01:47.670 Yes. I really like that. It really focuses in 00:01:47.670 --> 00:01:50.829 on, you know, what Jesus is talking about on 00:01:50.829 --> 00:01:53.430 the comfort that the beatitudes, the blessings 00:01:53.430 --> 00:01:57.239 bring. Yeah. Yes. But. This week we're talking 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:59.400 about blessed are those who mourn which does 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:03.079 not feel very Blessing. Yeah, like if you are 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:05.680 in a state of mourning You're not like whoo. 00:02:05.739 --> 00:02:08.439 I am blessed exactly when you're mourning you're 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:12.120 like the last thing on your mind is feeling blessed. 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.699 It really does feel like the opposite of a blessing 00:02:15.699 --> 00:02:20.120 yes totally um so the bible uses the word mourning 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:22.819 and some people in our culture talk about mourning 00:02:22.819 --> 00:02:25.879 but i think like grief is maybe a more common 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:28.460 word or sort of an interchangeable word so i 00:02:28.460 --> 00:02:32.259 think yes like like grieving yeah yeah or just 00:02:32.259 --> 00:02:36.159 like this sense of loss yeah right So when I 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:38.240 think about what has mourning looked like in 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:42.060 my life, yes, it happens at a moment where I've 00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:44.319 experienced the loss of a person if someone sort 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:50.620 of passes on. But I also think the more poignant 00:02:50.620 --> 00:02:53.780 or the more impactful states of mourning in my 00:02:53.780 --> 00:02:56.819 life have been the loss of... a place or the 00:02:56.819 --> 00:02:59.539 loss of like a community. Yes. So like I had 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:03.280 this experience, you know, when I started university 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:05.520 in the same year that I was I had moved away 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:07.620 to go to school, my parents also at the same 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:11.860 time moved provinces. Oh, and so when I went 00:03:11.860 --> 00:03:13.400 home, I guess when I went home for Christmas, 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:14.759 they were still in the same place. But when I 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:16.500 went home for like spring break in February, 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:20.180 they were in a totally new house. And there was 00:03:20.180 --> 00:03:22.629 a sense of like. I've lost my community that 00:03:22.629 --> 00:03:24.629 I grew up in because I've moved away, but also 00:03:24.629 --> 00:03:26.810 because like I don't get to go back there in 00:03:26.810 --> 00:03:29.530 the same sense. Right. And there was a lot of 00:03:29.530 --> 00:03:32.229 like a period of mourning and grief over that, 00:03:32.270 --> 00:03:35.110 I think. Yes, I think that's a really, really 00:03:35.110 --> 00:03:37.210 good point, because when we think about mourning, 00:03:37.330 --> 00:03:41.030 we tend to think about losing a person. Right. 00:03:41.030 --> 00:03:43.689 Which is obviously like, you know, it's devastating. 00:03:43.710 --> 00:03:46.530 It's very, very painful. But there's so many 00:03:46.530 --> 00:03:48.490 other types of mourning as well. Like you said, 00:03:48.509 --> 00:03:51.750 like losing a place or I know for myself, when 00:03:51.750 --> 00:03:54.930 the when the lockdown happened due to COVID, 00:03:55.169 --> 00:03:59.050 I was in my fourth year of university and we 00:03:59.050 --> 00:04:01.969 just all, you know, moved home and then, you 00:04:01.969 --> 00:04:04.969 know, graduating online and it was like, you 00:04:04.969 --> 00:04:06.849 completed this degree and just kind of close 00:04:06.849 --> 00:04:09.349 your laptop and just feeling that sense of like, 00:04:09.729 --> 00:04:11.949 I feel like I've I lost something that I kind 00:04:11.949 --> 00:04:14.189 of envisioned, you know, like getting that degree 00:04:14.189 --> 00:04:17.899 and walking across like a stage and I think that's 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:20.180 a really good point you make where mourning isn't 00:04:20.180 --> 00:04:24.160 just people. There's a lot of things that it's 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:26.920 very valid to mourn and feel that grief as well. 00:04:27.420 --> 00:04:31.459 Yeah and I think mourning is something that we 00:04:31.459 --> 00:04:35.399 don't like doing for a lot of reasons. It's not 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:38.519 a comfortable feeling. It confronts us with all 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:40.959 of these like really painful realities and so 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:43.459 I think then in our culture we often try to like 00:04:43.459 --> 00:04:46.399 skip it. Somehow or we compartmentalize it. We're 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:48.759 like, especially I think when it's the loss of 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:50.600 a person we think okay So we're gonna have this 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:53.180 like celebration of life or this this funeral 00:04:53.180 --> 00:04:55.439 whatever whatever you want to call it and say, 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:57.300 okay So we'll mourn this one day, but then we'll 00:04:57.300 --> 00:04:59.480 just like move on and pretend it's not happening. 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:02.769 Right, right That's a really, really good point 00:05:02.769 --> 00:05:05.350 because I do feel like in society, you know, 00:05:05.529 --> 00:05:07.649 sometimes it's like you don't want to mourn in 00:05:07.649 --> 00:05:09.970 public, right? You kind of want to put on that 00:05:09.970 --> 00:05:12.829 facade of like, no, it's fine. You know, everything 00:05:12.829 --> 00:05:14.550 happens for a reason, which we learned a couple 00:05:14.550 --> 00:05:19.009 weeks ago actually is a biblical. And I think 00:05:19.009 --> 00:05:21.410 that is a really good point because mourning 00:05:21.410 --> 00:05:25.170 is painful. Yeah. and you have to be in a very 00:05:25.170 --> 00:05:28.810 vulnerable space to mourn. Yeah, yeah, totally. 00:05:29.370 --> 00:05:33.529 So in light of that, Jesus comes and says, those 00:05:33.529 --> 00:05:37.569 who are mourning are blessed. And like we talked 00:05:37.569 --> 00:05:39.889 about last week, blessed could be translated 00:05:39.889 --> 00:05:43.310 as happy, although in this sense, happy and mourning, 00:05:43.670 --> 00:05:47.050 they really come head to head. But there's this 00:05:47.050 --> 00:05:48.750 greater sense of like, this is the good life. 00:05:48.910 --> 00:05:54.000 The good life includes mourning. So, like, what 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.120 do you think about that? Like, why might Jesus 00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:00.540 say that? You know, I want to be completely honest. 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:03.259 It's something that it's a little bit hard for 00:06:03.259 --> 00:06:06.120 me to wrap my mind around. And I totally I think 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:09.740 it's something that no matter where you're on 00:06:09.740 --> 00:06:12.740 in your journey with Christ, it's it's hard to 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:15.720 kind of say, yes, you're right. I am living the 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:18.360 good life if I'm mourning. Right. It's it's definitely 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:22.529 the upside down kingdom that Jesus brings is 00:06:22.529 --> 00:06:26.750 definitely evident here. I would say though that 00:06:26.750 --> 00:06:31.930 I would say that perhaps Jesus says that because 00:06:31.930 --> 00:06:36.230 he's acknowledging the fact that mourning is 00:06:36.230 --> 00:06:38.649 a part of the human experience. It's something 00:06:38.649 --> 00:06:42.709 that we as people, no matter how hard we try, 00:06:43.310 --> 00:06:48.290 we can't avoid. Yeah. And I think it's very, 00:06:48.310 --> 00:06:52.480 very meaningful that Jesus, you know, does acknowledge 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:54.579 the pain that people are going through, especially 00:06:54.579 --> 00:06:56.959 the pain of mourning, of grief, which can feel 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:02.699 so like endless. It can feel all consuming. And 00:07:02.699 --> 00:07:05.360 Jesus is kind of saying, I guess he's saying 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:08.519 like, I'm still there. You are still blessed 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.600 and God is with you, even in your pain. Yeah, 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:15.079 totally. I think the other thing that comes to 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:17.259 mind for me, so there's This quote that I came 00:07:17.259 --> 00:07:19.839 across that's attributed to Queen Elizabeth that 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:23.220 says grief is the price that you pay for love. 00:07:23.620 --> 00:07:27.779 So like because we love deeply or we love well, 00:07:27.819 --> 00:07:32.319 we will grieve deeply. Right. Are you a Marvel 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:36.660 fan? Kind of. Kind of. Do you know that quote? 00:07:36.660 --> 00:07:40.959 It's with Wanda and Vision where this is a spoiler. 00:07:41.220 --> 00:07:44.600 Sorry, anyone who's not caught up. But they say 00:07:45.310 --> 00:07:49.629 Vision says that what is grief, if not love enduring? 00:07:50.990 --> 00:07:54.709 And I think when we kind of look at it that way, 00:07:54.850 --> 00:07:57.170 it does add another level to mourning as well. 00:07:57.889 --> 00:08:01.170 You mourn the things and the people that you 00:08:01.170 --> 00:08:04.689 love. Yeah. Yeah. Which I think then when I pair 00:08:04.689 --> 00:08:06.569 those two things together makes a lot of sense 00:08:06.569 --> 00:08:09.350 for like why Jesus is concerned about it. Right. 00:08:09.430 --> 00:08:13.269 Because Jesus was all about. love and like Jesus 00:08:13.269 --> 00:08:16.170 loving us, loving the world and encouraging us 00:08:16.170 --> 00:08:21.350 to like go out and love others. And so like what 00:08:21.350 --> 00:08:26.250 it makes me think about is that like this this 00:08:26.250 --> 00:08:30.689 sense that grief means that we have loved and 00:08:30.689 --> 00:08:32.649 it means that we're like actually paying attention 00:08:32.649 --> 00:08:35.590 to what's happening in the world. Wow. Right. 00:08:35.710 --> 00:08:39.210 Because like I said, we we would rather avoid 00:08:39.210 --> 00:08:43.009 grief. But when you stop and you love a person 00:08:43.009 --> 00:08:46.809 or a place or just like love the world in general, 00:08:46.929 --> 00:08:49.690 you realize there is so much stuff that is broken 00:08:49.690 --> 00:08:52.990 in the world. There is so much to grieve over, 00:08:53.110 --> 00:08:56.070 whether it is death or the loss of a community 00:08:56.070 --> 00:08:58.990 or just like the cons, like abstract concepts 00:08:58.990 --> 00:09:02.129 we can grieve over the idea of war existing, 00:09:02.350 --> 00:09:05.649 the idea of illness of whether it's physical 00:09:05.649 --> 00:09:09.100 or mental, like all broken systems. are things 00:09:09.100 --> 00:09:13.320 that we can grieve over because we love the people 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:17.159 who are broken and hurt by these systems. That's 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.740 really, really interesting because, you know, 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.679 as we know, it's not easy being a Christian. 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:28.519 You really do go through quite a bit of quite 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:32.039 a bit of change as well as you surrender completely 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:34.580 to Jesus. It's hard, but it's always worthwhile. 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:40.019 And I. For me personally, when I came back to 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:42.899 Christ and I was reading the Bible more and praying 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:48.600 more, I guess the situations in the world became 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:51.259 a lot more evident to me as well. I began to 00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:55.700 see a lot more pain and suffering and I began 00:09:55.700 --> 00:09:58.580 to mourn a lot more for this world as well because 00:09:58.580 --> 00:10:02.600 I understood that people are going through really 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:04.580 difficult things and it's because, you know, 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:07.080 sin has entered our world. They don't know Jesus. 00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:09.960 Or even if they do know Jesus, yet they're still 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.240 suffering due to the consequences of sin entering 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:16.139 our world. And I think as Christians, mourning, 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:20.840 in a sense, is... Mourning the world is kind 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:22.919 of, in a sense, part of the job description and 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:25.879 mourning the brokenness and the pain that people 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.620 are unfortunately going through. Yeah. Yeah, 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:30.700 I love that that morning is sort of part of the 00:10:30.700 --> 00:10:33.000 job. Yeah, it's just like part of following the 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.259 way of Jesus, because actually, if we look at 00:10:35.259 --> 00:10:39.919 scripture like Jesus mourns, God grieves over 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:41.840 sin and brokenness in the world. Like there's 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:44.700 this moment in scripture where Jesus is like 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:48.259 walking up to the city of Jerusalem and he mourns 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:51.299 over all that is broken, all for the exploitation, 00:10:51.419 --> 00:10:55.240 over this sense that like he knows. there's this 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:58.200 sense like impending doom in some sense, because 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.340 he knows, you know, the state of Jerusalem currently 00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:03.580 under the Roman Empire and like what is going 00:11:03.580 --> 00:11:06.440 to happen as the city falls and all of these 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:09.960 things. Right. Exactly. And I feel that, you 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:15.139 know, Jesus, he mourned over people, you know, 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:18.679 like John the Baptist. However, he also did mourn 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:20.720 over the world, like he said, like Jerusalem. 00:11:20.860 --> 00:11:25.049 And I feel that as Christians. We it's also like, 00:11:25.129 --> 00:11:26.950 yeah, like it's part of our job to also mourn 00:11:26.950 --> 00:11:29.649 the world as well, to mourn all the pain, because 00:11:29.649 --> 00:11:31.590 unfortunately, even though there was a lot of 00:11:31.590 --> 00:11:34.750 corruption and pain back then, it's still very, 00:11:34.750 --> 00:11:37.570 very evident today. And if if we don't mourn 00:11:37.570 --> 00:11:39.350 as Christians, then it's kind of like who is 00:11:39.350 --> 00:11:42.129 going to mourn? Mm hmm. Yeah, yeah, totally. 00:11:42.669 --> 00:11:45.889 And I think it allows us another entry point 00:11:45.889 --> 00:11:51.009 for like. Preaching the gospel with our words. 00:11:51.420 --> 00:11:54.179 or sorry, with our actions, like as well as as 00:11:54.179 --> 00:11:56.779 well as our words, I guess. But like people out 00:11:56.779 --> 00:11:58.100 there in the world, whether they're Christians 00:11:58.100 --> 00:12:00.299 or not, have things that they are mourning. People 00:12:00.299 --> 00:12:03.580 are experiencing loss and grief. And so for us 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:06.059 to come alongside them, we can come alongside 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:08.059 them and say, oh, everything happens for a reason. 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:10.539 Oh, God is is doing something bigger through 00:12:10.539 --> 00:12:12.360 this. Or we can come alongside them and say, 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:14.960 yeah, this actually does suck. And you know what? 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:18.940 Like, let's let's mourn this together. And ultimately, 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:23.039 yes, find a way through it and hope. But like 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:27.679 people need you in the pain. Yes, I that's really, 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:30.080 really powerful because exactly like there's 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.379 people who so many people are mourning and we 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:37.139 ourselves may be mourning as well. And ultimately, 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:40.740 society kind of, you know, we've kind of learned 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:42.759 to kind of like skip over the pain, skip over 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:44.379 the vulnerable parts. And I think it's really 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:46.299 cool that Jesus is saying, you know, blessed 00:12:46.299 --> 00:12:49.259 are the morning because He is paying attention. 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:51.559 He's bringing to attention the fact that mourning 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:54.440 is a part of life. It's not something that you're 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:56.980 just going to skip. You know, there's so many 00:12:56.980 --> 00:12:59.679 other things that Jesus could have said. And 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.720 I do think it's pretty pointed that he did say 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:06.059 no mourning. And it really highlights the fact 00:13:06.059 --> 00:13:09.679 that as much as maybe it's hard for people to 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.159 remember me or just me, it's hard for me to admit 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:16.379 that mourning and facing that pain is necessary. 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:20.370 But as Christians, we can go to other people 00:13:20.370 --> 00:13:24.090 and we can say that we're mourning, too. You 00:13:24.090 --> 00:13:27.129 know, I think society sometimes thinks Christians 00:13:27.129 --> 00:13:29.289 are, oh, look, they're so happy. Everything is 00:13:29.289 --> 00:13:31.549 great. They believe in God and God is blessing 00:13:31.549 --> 00:13:33.350 them. And it's like, yes, God is blessing us. 00:13:33.409 --> 00:13:36.210 And we're also we experience mourning. We experience 00:13:36.210 --> 00:13:38.269 pain. It's part of the human experience. And 00:13:38.269 --> 00:13:41.990 God himself experienced mourning, too. So if 00:13:41.990 --> 00:13:45.899 God experienced that. we, why should we escape 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:47.740 it, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I think like 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:49.480 you talked about, you know, people on the outside 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.080 looking at Christians and thinking that maybe 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:52.759 they're always happy. I think sometimes we do 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:55.720 that to ourselves too. We think, I need to always 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:57.919 be happy because if I'm sad, it's like a bad 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:01.259 witness. It's like a bad, if I am sad, I'm showing 00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:03.220 people, oh, the life of Jesus isn't actually 00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:05.519 that great because I'm sad. No, you're just like 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.820 living all of life with Jesus, the happy and 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:10.879 the sad. Exactly, exactly. And I think it's, 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:13.000 you know, I think that's something that took 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:16.120 me a long time to understand as well, which is 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:19.440 that you're going to be happy and you're also 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:22.379 going to be sad. However, in all of that, Jesus 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:25.159 is there. He's there for you. He's going to comfort 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.759 you. He's going to provide his compassion and 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:32.840 his love as he's always done. So mourning isn't 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:35.120 something you have to avoid. If anything, it's 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.320 something that when you openly show mourning 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.440 as a Christian. it could bring other people to 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:44.600 you and be like, hey, this is a space that I 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:48.100 feel like is safe for me to mourn and to work 00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:50.539 through those emotions and these events. Yeah, 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:53.519 yeah, totally. I think so we've we've talked 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:55.639 about this a little bit and how like the idea 00:14:55.639 --> 00:15:00.360 of sin fits into the idea of mourning. But I 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:04.080 guess like there is a spiritual element to this, 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:08.669 right, that sometimes folks will take. the beatitudes 00:15:08.669 --> 00:15:10.809 or we'll take this concept of mourning and say 00:15:10.809 --> 00:15:13.470 actually what we're mourning is like sin and 00:15:13.470 --> 00:15:15.350 therefore it leads us to repentance and I think 00:15:15.350 --> 00:15:18.389 that's true. I think there is a very real sense 00:15:18.389 --> 00:15:21.230 in which yes I am sad about the personal sins 00:15:21.230 --> 00:15:23.570 that I have committed and so therefore it does 00:15:23.570 --> 00:15:26.870 lead me to want to change my behavior. But I 00:15:26.870 --> 00:15:29.629 think there's also a sense of I'm mourning the 00:15:29.629 --> 00:15:35.759 sin in a wider sense. Sin is this word that feels 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.960 kind of icky sometimes because we associate it 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.539 with me doing bad things. But actually, it's 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:44.379 just a word for the things that are broken in 00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:47.840 the world, the things that fall short of God's 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:50.799 hope and dream for the world. Right. And so sin 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:53.919 is not just my thing. It's like, what is broken? 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:59.179 Exactly. And an example that I think of is, you 00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:02.450 know, the animals who, you know, when a natural 00:16:02.450 --> 00:16:05.789 disaster happens, even man -made disasters, and 00:16:05.789 --> 00:16:08.990 those happen because the world is broken, sin 00:16:08.990 --> 00:16:10.730 has entered the world. And then I think about 00:16:10.730 --> 00:16:12.990 the animals and I think about how they suffer 00:16:12.990 --> 00:16:16.590 due to, you know, human action or due to just 00:16:16.590 --> 00:16:19.669 things out of their control. And it's like that's, 00:16:19.669 --> 00:16:21.269 you know, something to mourn, not even just the 00:16:21.269 --> 00:16:24.990 animals, people, children, elderly, everyone. 00:16:25.090 --> 00:16:29.649 And it's like we can mourn the fact that Things 00:16:29.649 --> 00:16:31.750 happen in the world that are completely out of 00:16:31.750 --> 00:16:35.629 our control and they're devastating. And unfortunately, 00:16:35.649 --> 00:16:38.590 until, you know, Jesus comes back, it's something 00:16:38.590 --> 00:16:42.389 that humans will keep facing. It's, you know, 00:16:42.649 --> 00:16:45.450 floods, earthquakes, things like that. Yeah. 00:16:45.809 --> 00:16:48.049 Yeah. And and yeah, like I said, it's important 00:16:48.049 --> 00:16:50.269 to have a spiritual framework to do that, but 00:16:50.269 --> 00:16:53.590 not to sort of over spiritualize it. That's a 00:16:53.590 --> 00:16:57.720 good point, too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So the second 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:59.580 part of this beatitude, Jesus says, blessed are 00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:03.379 those who mourn for they will be comforted. And 00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:05.799 when I look at that, I'm like, OK, but could 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:08.539 I not just like be comforted without the mourning? 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:11.339 Right. Like that would that would be nicer, wouldn't 00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:15.200 it? And also it feels like there's I think this 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:20.140 temptation to say like bad things are good because 00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:22.220 you then like get to experience the goodness 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:25.349 out of them. Right? Like, you get the comfort 00:17:25.349 --> 00:17:26.829 and you couldn't get the comfort without the 00:17:26.829 --> 00:17:29.930 bad thing. Yeah. And there is a logic to that. 00:17:30.049 --> 00:17:35.190 That is true. Yeah, I see it. Okay, no, go ahead. 00:17:35.869 --> 00:17:41.109 No, I definitely see it. And I think, yeah, like, 00:17:41.130 --> 00:17:42.769 you know, that question of like, well, how can 00:17:42.769 --> 00:17:45.369 we even feel comfort? You never know that you're 00:17:45.369 --> 00:17:47.250 happy unless you've experienced sadness. It's 00:17:47.250 --> 00:17:49.970 kind of like that thing, right? However, at the 00:17:49.970 --> 00:17:52.192 same time, I still feel like, well, I just... 00:17:52.190 --> 00:17:53.930 still don't want to feel the sadness. Yes. I 00:17:53.930 --> 00:17:56.049 don't want to feel the mourning. Yes. You know, 00:17:56.150 --> 00:18:01.130 I'm I'm sensitive. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And 00:18:01.130 --> 00:18:05.029 I think like we need to be careful that we then 00:18:05.029 --> 00:18:07.789 don't say that like the bad stuff is good. Yeah. 00:18:07.890 --> 00:18:09.589 Right. The bad stuff, the stuff that is causing 00:18:09.589 --> 00:18:12.589 us to mourn is still bad. It's like not not what 00:18:12.589 --> 00:18:15.109 we should be doing, not like what God wants for 00:18:15.109 --> 00:18:19.380 us. But we still get the comfort. Right. That's 00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:21.299 a really good point. And it's kind of we touched 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:24.279 upon it last week as well, where we said, you 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:29.400 know, no one's actively seeking for opportunities 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:32.900 to mourn. Maybe someone is. But I would say for 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:35.819 the majority of us, we're not looking to mourn. 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:38.559 And it's not like we're saying, OK, in order 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:41.019 to receive comfort, I'm going to find something 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:44.809 to mourn. Rather, it's just that. unfortunately 00:18:44.809 --> 00:18:47.730 for all human beings, we will all experience 00:18:47.730 --> 00:18:50.289 mourning. It's something that is out of our control. 00:18:50.289 --> 00:18:52.529 And if it's not mourning a person, it's a place. 00:18:52.569 --> 00:18:54.190 If it's not a place and it's just the state of 00:18:54.190 --> 00:18:59.650 the world. And I feel that again, the blessings 00:18:59.650 --> 00:19:02.430 for me, they always provide so much comfort because 00:19:02.430 --> 00:19:06.589 it kind of is Jesus saying that you will experience 00:19:06.589 --> 00:19:09.750 mourning and I'm going to still be there for 00:19:09.750 --> 00:19:11.930 you. I'm going to come for you and I'm going 00:19:11.930 --> 00:19:15.019 to guide you through this. you know, rely on 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:17.980 me. And I feel like that that is really comforting 00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:20.279 and it helps me to live life. Yeah, totally. 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:25.359 So what do you think it means to be comforted? 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:27.359 Like, this is the sort of the promise that comes 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:29.339 out of this. Those who mourn will be comforted. 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:32.140 Like, what does that mean? So it means like the 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:34.680 presence of Christ, the presence of God with 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:38.539 us. What else maybe does that mean or look like? 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:44.059 Hmm. I would say. immediately my mind does go 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:47.720 into the presence of Christ. I used to think 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:50.579 that, you know, being comforted or, you know, 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:53.220 God being there for you was God suddenly fixing 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:55.480 everything. Right. You know, it's like, oh, you're 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:58.160 mourning. OK, let me remove that thing, like 00:19:58.160 --> 00:20:00.599 remove, you know, bring that back or something. 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:05.160 Right. But I've realized that God doesn't always 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:08.799 work that way. what He does promise is that He 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:10.839 is going to be there. So I do feel like it is 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:14.259 the presence of Christ. In terms of other forms 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:19.920 of comfort, I think it's just, you know, we as 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:22.740 humans, we can also comfort each other as well, 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:26.859 right? And comfort can just be being there for 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:29.519 people, acknowledging that you can't fix the 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:32.460 problem, but you're going to be there with Ears 00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:36.279 to listen with a heart that cares compassion 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:39.839 love and kindness Yeah, totally and I think that 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:42.839 is equally God providing comfort God just like 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:45.779 does it through people right like there there 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:47.640 are moments and I have experienced moments in 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:51.000 my life where I'm Alone, there's no other people 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:54.779 there, but I feel a sense of like peace or comfort 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:57.829 that it like is coming from God But equally and 00:20:57.829 --> 00:21:00.609 more often, there have been moments where I feel 00:21:00.609 --> 00:21:03.549 comfort because another person is providing a 00:21:03.549 --> 00:21:05.829 listening ear, is providing practical support, 00:21:05.869 --> 00:21:08.450 whatever it is. And that is still God giving 00:21:08.450 --> 00:21:11.269 me comfort. It's like doing it in a different 00:21:11.269 --> 00:21:14.789 way, I guess. Right. And that's interesting because 00:21:14.789 --> 00:21:17.009 I know for me as a person, sometimes whenever 00:21:17.009 --> 00:21:19.289 I go through, you know, experiencing something 00:21:19.289 --> 00:21:21.809 difficult and I know a lot of people could relate 00:21:21.809 --> 00:21:24.420 to this is that You know, we do it alone. We're 00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.859 like, OK, I'm going to mourn, but I'm going to 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:28.200 do it alone. I don't want to do it in front of 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:32.380 someone. However, when we choose that or when 00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:35.599 we kind of, you know, choose to retreat or isolate 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:40.420 in a way, we're choosing not the comfort sometimes. 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:43.839 And as Christians, it is really important to 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:46.500 be in a community. It is really important to 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:51.759 be with other believers. And perhaps, yeah, that 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:55.160 is what Jesus also means by comforted, which 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:57.319 is that if you mourn, you will be comforted by, 00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:00.420 you know, the community I've placed you in or 00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:03.900 the people I've placed around you. Yeah. And 00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:07.759 so I think that comfort looks like different 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:09.599 things at different moments. Like sometimes it 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:12.799 is a listening ear. Sometimes it is just a feeling 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:16.750 within ourselves of peace. But sometimes it's 00:22:16.750 --> 00:22:22.029 much more practical, right? In small town communities 00:22:22.029 --> 00:22:24.609 and sometimes in other communities, when someone 00:22:24.609 --> 00:22:28.430 dies, that family is often surrounded by practical 00:22:28.430 --> 00:22:32.109 support. People bringing them meals, people just 00:22:32.109 --> 00:22:34.910 showing up and being together and all of these 00:22:34.910 --> 00:22:38.630 things, right? That is comfort. Exactly. That's 00:22:38.630 --> 00:22:40.589 a really, really good point, too. And I think 00:22:40.589 --> 00:22:43.309 that's another way that Christians, we can kind 00:22:43.309 --> 00:22:46.309 of show up and show the love of Christ, which 00:22:46.309 --> 00:22:48.269 is providing comforts through those practical 00:22:48.269 --> 00:22:52.509 means as well. Yeah. The other thing that I was 00:22:52.509 --> 00:22:54.369 reading about and sort of reflecting on this 00:22:54.369 --> 00:22:57.849 week in terms of comfort is that it's interesting 00:22:57.849 --> 00:23:02.170 that what Christ offers us here is comfort and 00:23:02.170 --> 00:23:08.200 not like revenge. Because sometimes when we're 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:10.359 mourning, particularly when we're mourning and 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:13.859 we can find a person to blame, we're like, ah, 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:17.500 you or this is the reason that I am sad right 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:20.539 now. Our instinct is not to ask for comfort. 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:24.339 Our instinct is to ask God to smite them. Or 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:27.279 God be like, no, knock them down from their place 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:30.039 of power. But Christ is not offering us revenge. 00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:33.650 Christ is offering us comfort. Right. And then 00:23:33.650 --> 00:23:36.349 it's like, well, if I took revenge, wouldn't 00:23:36.349 --> 00:23:39.430 I feel comforted? Because this is down. And Jesus 00:23:39.430 --> 00:23:45.210 is like, no, that's not. No, no. And I think 00:23:45.210 --> 00:23:47.289 you raise a really good point, because when you 00:23:47.289 --> 00:23:50.329 mourn, there is a lot of anger to it. Totally. 00:23:50.329 --> 00:23:53.109 It's part of the process. You know, and I think 00:23:53.109 --> 00:23:56.990 we will then find maybe a way to kind of express 00:23:56.990 --> 00:23:59.569 or let out that anger. And it's not always going 00:23:59.569 --> 00:24:03.559 to be in a healthy way. And I feel like, yeah, 00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:07.579 it's like, Jesus is saying that, you know, in 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:09.960 a way, it kind of is like surrendering to Jesus 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:12.660 to say, like, I'm really, really mad that this 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:15.539 happened. I'm really, really mad that this is 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:20.000 broken or that I've lost this. And instead of 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:22.660 seeking, taking things into my own hands, I'm 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:25.500 going to go to you and seek your comfort and 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:30.839 leave this to you, which is hard. Totally. Yeah. 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:37.240 I think there is a place in scripture we see 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:39.559 people praying, God, take them down from their 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:42.200 throne. Like, God, I am mad about this thing. 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:45.079 And like, take them down because they hurt me. 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:47.279 They're the enemy. And so there's a place for 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:53.720 us to ask that of God. But our response... to, 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:55.680 like, God's action should not be dependent on 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:57.539 God answering that prayer in the way that we 00:24:57.539 --> 00:25:01.440 think God should answer that prayer. Right? That 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:04.279 Jesus' scripture, the story of scripture, tells 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:06.700 us there is a place for anger. There is a place 00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:09.880 for saying, God, this is not fair. But in this 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:12.200 particular instance, what Christ is offering 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:16.599 is comfort. And Christ is saying, this gift of 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:19.819 comfort maybe will come through a person falling 00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:23.509 from their throne. Maybe it won't, but Your comfort 00:25:23.509 --> 00:25:26.609 does not depend on what happens in the other 00:25:26.609 --> 00:25:30.410 person's life. That's a really, really good point. 00:25:30.630 --> 00:25:34.009 And I really, I like that because it really kind 00:25:34.009 --> 00:25:38.109 of aligns with the, you know, I feel sometimes 00:25:38.109 --> 00:25:40.029 when we're angry and we act out on that anger, 00:25:40.210 --> 00:25:42.930 whether that's revenge or anything, consequences 00:25:42.930 --> 00:25:46.009 do happen. There have been many times where I'm 00:25:46.009 --> 00:25:48.430 not in a great mood, I'm upset, and then I act 00:25:48.430 --> 00:25:51.170 in a way and later I'm like, that was kind of 00:25:51.170 --> 00:25:52.869 mean and I kind of really regret that. It didn't 00:25:52.869 --> 00:25:56.329 fit with my values. I don't feel proud to have 00:25:56.329 --> 00:26:01.599 done that. Ultimately, when God is telling us 00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.779 something, he tells us it because it's for our 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:06.079 benefit. He is protecting us. He sees the whole 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.500 picture. And sometimes, you know, it's him saying, 00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:13.140 hey, choose comfort, choose me, because it can 00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:15.859 lead to the less consequences. And you can feel 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.680 a little bit better about yourself the next day. 00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:19.339 You can feel a little bit prouder of yourself. 00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.960 It's hard, but it's always worth it to choose 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:26.119 comfort instead of anger or revenge. Yeah, yeah, 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:30.319 totally. So last week we talked about this beatitude 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:32.380 blessed are the poor in spirit for they will 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:35.279 see the kingdom of God This week blessed are 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:38.200 those who mourn for they will be comforted How 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:40.920 do you see the like relationship between those 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:45.539 two things? Well, I feel that you know when you're 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.940 going through periods of mourning I would say 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:53.470 you are also poor in spirit. Yeah and so Yeah, 00:26:53.569 --> 00:26:55.849 I definitely think they tie into each other, 00:26:55.849 --> 00:26:59.609 but I think it's really cool that Jesus is still 00:26:59.609 --> 00:27:01.369 saying, you know, kind of like that same message 00:27:01.369 --> 00:27:03.369 of like you don't choose the fact that you're 00:27:03.369 --> 00:27:06.069 going to be poor in spirit or that you will mourn. 00:27:06.250 --> 00:27:08.690 However, through all of those situations, I'm 00:27:08.690 --> 00:27:10.849 going to be there. I think throughout all the 00:27:10.849 --> 00:27:14.309 Beatitudes that one common denominator is Jesus 00:27:14.309 --> 00:27:17.630 and his comfort and his presence and his kingdom. 00:27:18.029 --> 00:27:21.779 Yeah, yeah, totally. I think. You're right that 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:24.819 when we are mourning, we are sort of poor in 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:27.079 spirit in that sense of like, yeah, feeling down 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:29.880 and defeated. I also think those who are poor 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:33.480 in spirit have a lot to mourn often. Right. Like 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:35.440 if we think about last week, we talked about, 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:37.420 you know, this connection, poor in spirit is 00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:40.140 a spiritual emotional concept, but it is also 00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:44.700 a material concept that folks are living in a 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:47.940 poverty of material, like not having enough material 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:51.380 wealth. And when you are in that state, there 00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:55.460 is a lot to mourn. Yes. Obviously, as we talked 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:58.599 about last week, God is there. God brings blessing 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:01.819 in that in a way. But there there is a lot that's 00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:04.900 like just like beating you down. Yeah. Right. 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:07.579 And a lot that makes you feel really powerless. 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:10.799 Yeah. And so Jesus says when you're in that state 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:14.720 and you are mourning, because I think they they 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:18.240 go hand in hand. I am there. And you are getting 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:20.259 this kingdom of God that we talked about last 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:23.339 week, the sense that God is there, God is doing 00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:26.420 a thing right now, and God is giving you a promise 00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:30.220 for the future. And so that's the kingdom of 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:34.380 God and comfort and a sense of peace and a sense 00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:39.000 of, you know, there's goodness right now that 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:41.960 you're not facing this morning alone. Right. 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:45.859 And I like that you mentioned, you know, not 00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:49.220 just the spiritual aspects, but also the physical 00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:51.680 aspects of the world as well. Right. Of course, 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:53.259 you know, poor in spirit doesn't necessarily 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:57.359 mean just inside. It can also be material things, 00:28:57.940 --> 00:29:02.220 tangible things. Yeah. And oftentimes we will 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:05.460 mourn things that are a little bit maybe less 00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:09.160 spiritual, more like tangible things as well, 00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:11.720 like of the world, kind of thing. Yeah, mourning 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:14.539 a person, mourning the loss of a home, mourning 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:17.460 the loss of a job, whatever it is. Exactly, yeah. 00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:20.099 And I think it's really cool that it's kind of 00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:22.759 like no matter where you're at in life, no matter 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.920 what you're mourning, no matter what it is, no 00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:27.220 matter where you are, Jesus is always going to 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:29.460 find you. He's always going to provide you with 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:32.319 that comfort no matter where you're at. And He's 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:34.759 experienced it, too. And so I think. That's just 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:36.720 something that I always think is so cool is that 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:40.880 God has experienced human pain. He has experienced 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:45.299 mourning and grief and loss. And I just think 00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:48.279 that's so cool that He chose to enter a human 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:52.279 body and to experience those things for us. And 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:54.460 so when we go to God, you know, and we say, God, 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:56.680 like, this isn't fair. Like, why is this happening? 00:29:57.460 --> 00:30:00.519 We can be assured that His comfort is genuine 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:03.180 because He's out here saying, like, I've been 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:07.940 there. I know how you feel. And I will provide 00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:10.660 you with comfort. And perhaps that's something 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:14.059 for us as Christians to do is to say, you know, 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:16.799 take our pain, take our mourning and then use 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:19.660 that to help other people as well. Whether they're 00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:22.440 mourning the loss of something physical or spiritual, 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:25.160 emotional, whatever it is. Yeah, yeah, totally. 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:28.819 Yeah, I think this has been really helpful to 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:32.460 think through. Yeah, what what morning even looks 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:35.519 like and and and why it's such a part of our 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:39.940 lives, but then also The meaning that can come 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:42.079 out of it again not saying that the morning is 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:45.660 good, right? But that God redeems Yeah, right 00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:48.799 that God provides us with what we need in that 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:52.200 moment Even in the midst of a place that like 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:55.119 God would never wish for us to be in exactly 00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:59.549 I really I really really like that and you know, 00:30:59.690 --> 00:31:01.809 that word, redeem, because sometimes when you're 00:31:01.809 --> 00:31:03.150 mourning, when you're going through that pain, 00:31:03.609 --> 00:31:05.490 it really feels like it's endless. You really 00:31:05.490 --> 00:31:08.049 are like, I don't know how this is ever going 00:31:08.049 --> 00:31:11.589 to get better unless that thing comes back. But 00:31:11.589 --> 00:31:13.950 God always finds a way. He always finds a way 00:31:13.950 --> 00:31:16.630 to redeem. I think it's important as Christians, 00:31:16.869 --> 00:31:22.329 though, to take that step too towards God. I 00:31:22.329 --> 00:31:26.609 think that when you're mourning, you can maybe 00:31:26.609 --> 00:31:28.630 go to God and be like, oh, this is unfair. Please 00:31:28.630 --> 00:31:31.650 smite that person on their office chair right 00:31:31.650 --> 00:31:36.009 now or something. But I think that in order to 00:31:36.009 --> 00:31:39.170 receive that comfort, we also have to take a 00:31:39.170 --> 00:31:41.690 step of still acknowledging God in this, whether 00:31:41.690 --> 00:31:44.690 that's through anger, sadness, joy, whatever. 00:31:45.930 --> 00:31:48.670 Because I've gone through times where I've mourned 00:31:48.670 --> 00:31:50.670 and I didn't go to God and I didn't feel that 00:31:50.670 --> 00:31:52.589 comfort because I just wanted to handle it all 00:31:52.589 --> 00:31:56.789 on my own. And I think Jesus is reminding us 00:31:56.789 --> 00:31:59.210 that you will be comforted, but you do have to 00:31:59.210 --> 00:32:01.630 come to me. You do have to include me in all 00:32:01.630 --> 00:32:04.529 this. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, this has been 00:32:04.529 --> 00:32:08.130 really good. Thank you so much, Melissa. Yeah. 00:32:08.130 --> 00:32:11.509 And thank you for tuning in to this week's episode 00:32:11.509 --> 00:32:14.329 of Trinity Talks. I hope that you have experienced 00:32:14.329 --> 00:32:18.569 some comfort in our conversation and that whatever 00:32:18.569 --> 00:32:21.789 it is that is causing mourning or grief in your 00:32:21.789 --> 00:32:24.079 life. I encourage you to find a way to bring 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:27.720 that to God and to trust that God is with you 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:32.579 in it, even if you don't want to be in it. And 00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:34.460 we'll see you again next week as we continue 00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:36.740 talking about the Beatitudes. See you then.