Mourning is, in the simplest terms, intense sorrow over the loss of something or someone. Mourning is expressed over and over again in the Bible. It is usually related to the death of a person, but it can be related to the death of a hope or a dream.
How we handle the mourning process seems to be very important to our mental and spiritual welfare. Many times in the Bible mourning was expressed by wailing loudly and bitterly, weeping, tearing clothes, putting on ashes and sackcloth, and fasting this is from Esther 4. Then in Isaiah 15 there is weeping, wailing, heads shaved, beards cut off, wearing sackcloth and laying face down weeping. During these times the oppressed were being destroyed, killed and annihilated. They were ruined, and destroyed.
Much like we are today. Our life is going really well, we have our hopes and dreams and then all of a sudden devastation hits. Our hope for the future has been stolen, destroyed, killed and annihilated. That is why the evil one has come (John 10:10). If we don’t mourn through the One who gives life, then we are putting up a barrier. We are saying to God, “I trusted you, it was at my fingertips and you ripped it from my life. If being with you hurts this much, then I will do things on my own.” We don’t mourn, we hold onto our devastation and we try to move forward all the while taking steps backward.
Our society says if it doesn’t feel good then don’t do it. Mourning most certainly doesn’t feel good at the time. Our society says if it makes you have a warm fuzzy feeling then your inner spirit is releasing you to do that. That is a lie. It steals our need for a savior. We believe we can do it all on our own. It destroys our inner peace, and it annihilates us from moving forward with the Mighty One. We start to believe we are in control and in charge, we believe we are the savior. We might not voice that, but we sure do live that way.
Mourning helps us express our angry and fear in a righteous manner, a manner in which leads us deeper into God’s presence, not navigating us away from God’s presence. What if, we start mourning in a righteous way? What if we wail, weep, fast, cry out to God in our anger and fear and then He gives us the peace that passes all understanding and heals our wounds and makes us better for it? What if?
Mourn, mourn like you are a believer in the one who SAVES! Mourn like you need a Savior! Mourn to bring yourself closer into the presence of the Lord. In His name!
How we handle the mourning process seems to be very important to our mental and spiritual welfare. Many times in the Bible mourning was expressed by wailing loudly and bitterly, weeping, tearing clothes, putting on ashes and sackcloth, and fasting this is from Esther 4. Then in Isaiah 15 there is weeping, wailing, heads shaved, beards cut off, wearing sackcloth and laying face down weeping. During these times the oppressed were being destroyed, killed and annihilated. They were ruined, and destroyed.
Much like we are today. Our life is going really well, we have our hopes and dreams and then all of a sudden devastation hits. Our hope for the future has been stolen, destroyed, killed and annihilated. That is why the evil one has come (John 10:10). If we don’t mourn through the One who gives life, then we are putting up a barrier. We are saying to God, “I trusted you, it was at my fingertips and you ripped it from my life. If being with you hurts this much, then I will do things on my own.” We don’t mourn, we hold onto our devastation and we try to move forward all the while taking steps backward.
Our society says if it doesn’t feel good then don’t do it. Mourning most certainly doesn’t feel good at the time. Our society says if it makes you have a warm fuzzy feeling then your inner spirit is releasing you to do that. That is a lie. It steals our need for a savior. We believe we can do it all on our own. It destroys our inner peace, and it annihilates us from moving forward with the Mighty One. We start to believe we are in control and in charge, we believe we are the savior. We might not voice that, but we sure do live that way.
Mourning helps us express our angry and fear in a righteous manner, a manner in which leads us deeper into God’s presence, not navigating us away from God’s presence. What if, we start mourning in a righteous way? What if we wail, weep, fast, cry out to God in our anger and fear and then He gives us the peace that passes all understanding and heals our wounds and makes us better for it? What if?
Mourn, mourn like you are a believer in the one who SAVES! Mourn like you need a Savior! Mourn to bring yourself closer into the presence of the Lord. In His name!
