Listen now to a great promise of Jesus: "Blessed are those who mourn: for they shall be comforted." The comfort of God--how desperately we need it. Our loss is stark and painful and the future looks uncertain, and this blessing Jesus gives becomes a reality in our mourning as we trust in Him.

COMFORT COMES FROM KNOWING AN ETERNAL MERCY AND LOVE THROUGH JESUS. If we come to know his mercy and love personally in this life, we will know it on into eternity. So will our loved ones who die in Him. Jeremiah said, "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end." And Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me and I give them eternal life and they shall never perish and no one shall snatch them out of my hand." Paul declares in Romans, …