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"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." Matthew 5:4"Blessed are those who mourn!" This is a strange saying to the worldly-minded and sin-loving! But here again, the Lord Jesus turns the wisdom of this world on its head. He does not speak of earthly grief over loss or pain, but of a deeper, holier sorrow: a mourning over one's sin.This is no superficial sadness, nor is it the regret of one merely caught in wrongdoing. This mourning flows from a heart that has seen the vileness of their sin in the light of God's holiness. It is the sorrow of a soul awakened by sovereign grace, grieved not only by the consequences of sin--but by its very presence. The one who mourns in this way, is crushed by the weight of having offended so good and glorious a God. Like David, he cries, "Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight!" Psalm 51:4This kind of sorrow is a gift from God. The natural man does not grieve over sin in this way. But when the Holy Spirit convicts, He breaks t