Jun. 28, 2026
Usually it’s thought that avoiding such things as pain, trouble, disappointment, frustration, hardship, and other problems is necessary if one is to be truly happy, but as we look at the second Beatitude we discover that to have a truly happy life we must not only be poor of spirit and recognize our spiritual bankruptcy before God but also be sorrowful over our sin with a godly sorrow that leads us to confess and repent so God can comfort us with His forgiveness.






