Mourn

I learned about a word today that you don’t hear very often. The word: mourn. I always thought it meant to cry. But it really means to bring to the surface that which was on the inside. In church the guy who was talking about it, went to a class on it at a university last year. This is what I learned from him. We all have heart wounds that leave their mark and tell a story. Like a scar on our heart. How we deal with them helps determine our spiritual well-being. Most of us want to ignore them or divide our lives into two parts-the part that is hurt we hide deep down and the other part is full of fake joy (“Oh, me? I am fine.”) But what God wants us to do is to deal, grieve and heal. When you deaden yourself to the pain you are also deadening yourself to the joy god wants you to have. There is a saying-Hurt people hurt people. Many of us choose a “pain killer” (something to help hide the pain in our hearts) – like TV, exercise, work, food…But it never works forever. There are blessings hidden in our grief, like the first step in a dance or the first note in a song, they are there. Start a journal of the things in your life that have scarred your heart-things from your past that you are still holding on to and have never dealt with. Pray through these things, give them to God and ask Him for healing. Forgive those who have wronged you, then move on-don’t hang on to that pity or guilt. Matthew 5:4 says “Blessed are those that mourn for they shall be comforted.” God says we will be blessed and comforted when we bring these things to the surface instead of hiding them deep. It is a process with a great reward. Experiencing pain in a real way allows us to experience real joy.
Think about it.
Love you
Rachel