-- Matt 5:4
It just dawned on me what the spiritual law is which I sensed was in there somewhere in my struggle against hard-heartedness. It's this. ^^
In the kingdom of God, everything works backwards from the way we think it does in the flesh. If you cling to your money and things and try to become rich, then you forfeit the blessing of God's abundance. But if you pay your tithes, give to the poor and are generous with your family and friends, then God will bless you in ways you can't imagine. If you harbor hatred and resentment, and try to wreak revenge on your enemy, then you fill your own life with bitterness. But if you forgive and love when you're not loved, then God will repay.
And so it is with this: if you are grieved, then you should mourn. Because if you shut up your heart selfishly to try and protect yourself, then you're stepping out of the kingdom of God into the way things work in the world, But if you leave yourself open to pain, and offer it up to God, then He is the one who will comfort you. He promised.
"I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope." -- Psalm 130:5
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