we are looking at how JESUS started HIS first sermon. HE knew how important being happy is to people so HE gave 8 attitudes that will help us be happy.
now one area that JESUS knew would sap people of their happiness was losing something of great value to them so HE teaches us how to be happy in spite of our circumstances.
do you remember your first broken heart?
don't you wish all the heartbreaks were as easy as 7th grade? or whenever you had your first heart break. of course then it was just puppy love but puppy love is real to the puppy. you do know however that puppy love leads to a dog’s life. but the fact is, as you grow older, life is tough and there are a lot worse heartbreaks than 7th grade.
now the bible never tries to explain suffering. but what it does teach us is how to handle it. JESUS said in matthew 5.4 (ms), you're blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you. only then can you be embraced by the ONE most dear to you. or as the niv says it, blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
so how can i be happy after a loss, after a broken heart? by receiving the comfort of GOD.
just a thought from the front porch…
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My heart was first broken when a girl wouldn't dance with me at a Valentine's Dance in 7th grade :( Right now my heart is broken because the world needs Christ and many people just can't see that because the world is very crazy right now.
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