the sad girls are going to Heaven

blessed are those who mourn

It is with broken feet that I crawl into the Throne Room of God. And it is with broken feet and a broken heart that Jesus carries me. Lord Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4).

Sadness is no sin. In the last year or so, amongst days of perpetual joy and laughter and being a jubilant woman at large, I have had bouts of deep sadness. I can confirm that joy comes in the morning, but I want to offer comfort, to let you know that the sad girls are going to Heaven.

I don’t know who started it, but at some point along the way, many of us believers lost the plot and wrote off sadness as a sin. This is such an odd thing to say because Jesus never wrote off our sadness or suffering.

In fact in Isaiah 53, we see the portrait of Jesus our Messiah, as “a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief”. Who better to understand our deepest of sadnesses? Is the Father of the Man of sorrows not able to father us through our grief? In John 16:33 troubles were even promised by Jesus, and His instruction to “take heart” because He “has overcome the world” can only be done when abiding in Him. The saddest of hearts are held within the Lord Jesus.

Though sorrow lasts for the night, joy comes in the morning. That’s the verse. Not “though sinful, though wrong, this sorrow lasts for the night; but the righteous, clean joy comes in the morning”. Sadness is simply what it is. And it is not a sin.

Jesus died for the saddest of us all and knew about each and every dark night of the soul we would have before He even chose us. It is His delight and pleasure to carry us through sadness and heal us with His oil of gladness.

Jesus beckons, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

And it’s true after all that “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit”(Psalm 34:18).

So crushed in spirit, with broken feet, and a broken heart, the covenant of the Bridegroom remains, and He remains faithful. The saddest of His own are kept in His hands, and He will not leave them where He finds them.

With love,

Rebecca