04/29/2026
Something I saw in a Bible Study recently made me want to do a series on the Beatitudes! Please check each morning for the next devotion and share them with others!
Day 2: Matthew 5:4
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
Have you ever felt the weight of grief?
Have you ever carried something that just wouldn’t go away?
Have you ever smiled on the outside…while hurting on the inside?
Me too.
We don’t naturally think of mourning as a blessing. It feels heavy. Painful. Like something we want to avoid or move past as quickly as possible.
But Jesus doesn’t rush past it.
He steps right into it.
Because mourning is not just about loss…it’s about honesty. It’s the place where we stop pretending everything is okay. Where we name the pain. Where we feel what we’ve been trying to avoid.
And in the Wesleyan understanding of grace, this is where God begins to soften our hearts.
Not to break us…but to open us.
Because it’s often in our deepest pain that we become most aware of God’s presence.
And then here is the promise: “They will be comforted.”
Not ignored.
Not dismissed.
Not rushed.
Comforted!
Do you see? God does not stand at a distance from your pain. He meets you in it!
So today, don’t run from what you’re feeling.
Bring it to God.
All of it.
Because the same Jesus who calls it blessed…also promises to hold you through it!
Love First…Love Always
🙏❤️🙏
Rev B
