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By Lakella Davenport
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To mourn means to grieve, to exhibit sadness, sorrow or remorse. We not only mourn when we lose someone or something; we can also mourn or feel a sense of sorrow over sins we have committed. We may mourn and become disappointed, if we don’t achieve a particular goal; we have set for ourselves. Failing at something can cause us to mourn or experience great sadness.
According to Ecclesiastes Chapter three verse one, “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” “A time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,” (Ecclesiastes 3:4). We should expect and be prepared to go through seasons of mourning in our lives. It is a part of life. There are a number of stories of mourning in the Bible. Did you know that God, our Father and Jesus Christ, our Savior mourns? God’s Holy Spirit mourns and grieves when we are corrupt and practice a lifestyle of sin. “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption,” (Ephesians 4: 29-30).
The Bible promises us that when we do mourn, we shall be comforted. “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted,” (Matthew 5:4). The Holy Spirit is our comforter when we do go through a season or seasons of mourning. He lives within us forever. “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever, Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you,” (John 14:16-17). “But the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you,” (John 14:26).
God Mourns.
God goes through a season of mourning in Genesis chapter six. God mourns or is grieved in the story of Noah, before he brings the Great Flood upon the earth. “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord,” (Genesis 6: 5-6, 8).
Mourning The Loss of Loved Ones in the Bible.
One story of mourning in the Old Testament is that of David and his son Absalom. “And the king (David) said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. And the king (David) was much moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son,” (2 Samuel 18:32-33). “And it was told Joab, Behold the king (David) weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king (David) was grieved for his son,” (2 Samuel 19: 1-2).
Earlier in the Book of 2nd Samuel Bathsheba mourned the death of her husband, Uriah. “And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband,” (2 Samuel 11:26).
Job mourned the death of his sons and daughters. “So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him (Job) for they saw that his grief was very great,” (Job 2: 13). However, as the Book of Job comes to a close, God comforted Job and gave him double what he had at first and he gave him back seven sons and three daughters (Job 42: 10-13).
All these individuals went through a season of mourning. We too will experience seasons of mourning. However, we can rest assured God’s Holy Spirit will comfort us during those seasons.
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