"Happy are people who grieve, because they will be made glad."

Matthew 5:4 CEB

Ok so the word be "made glad" here is "parakaleo" which means to call to or for, to exhort, to encourage. 

To call someone from close beside. 

Up close.

Personal.

It's like Jesus is saying "when you grieve, when something or someone is lost, I'm there, I'm close, and I'm calling".

What does someone who is close call when you're grieving?

They speak your name.

Jesus is saying he's going to be with us in our grief. 

Blessed are those people who grieve, because I'm going to be close, with you, speaking your name, putting courage in you. 

I am with you.  

Jesus knows what grief is and says he'll be with us in ours. 

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