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Your Enemies Will B Wondering How U Did It Couldn’t Block God Frm Blessing U

In the midst of the hardships, suffering, pain, and brokenness of now, these blessings are the experience of the promised wholeness of God’s kingdom as it should be. Each paradoxical gift of mourning and humility and so on listed in the Beatitudes is a pathway to the felt presence of God in our lives. As we hand over more of our lives to the Lord and rest in that great presence of God’s love, the more full and complete our joy is, the happiness and blessing God promises in the Beatitudes. Jesus points to it again in some of his final words with His disciples (John 15:9-12). Abiding in God’s love results in the experience of God’s complete joy. On the other side of each of these temporary sufferings is hope that does not disappoint. Jesus himself models this in his own suffering, death, and resurrection. On the other side of suffering is the fullness of life with God. As the goodness and love of the Lord is made more evident to us, what can stand against us? Nothing. Nothing can stand between us and the love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:35-39). We are God’s beloved. In the midst of all this brokenness, God seeks to bless us with love. In the midst of all this hurting, God seeks to bless us with comfort. In the midst of all this injustice, God seeks to bless us with a glimpse of His mercy and righteousness. Our current reality, the nowness of our suffering, is superseded by the eternity of God’s love. This is how our mourning is turned to dancing (Psalm 30:11). This is how our sorrow is turned to joy (John 16:20). Oh, beloved. Let Jesus’ love speak into your hurting. Let Jesus’ blessings rain on your dry bones. The Lord wants to bless you, even and especially in these moments of sorrow, grief, and pain. God wants to carry you through your fear and anxiety if you’ll just surrender them over. You are a child of God, and God wants to give you these good gifts. God wants to meet you, like a good father, in your exhaustion, your suffering, and your pain, and hold you until the tension releases. Rest in the love of Christ your God. He will bless you, now and in the kingdom to come.