Those Who Mourn

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Outline

Hook: Are you happy enough to be a crier?

I. HAPPY SADNESS
“Finite sorrows fertilize the soul’s soil so that the plant of infinite joy can grow.” – Peter Kreeft

II. THE DEADLY SIN OF ENVY
“Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody as unsuccessful as you are.” – Frederick Beuchner

III. STREAMS IN THE DESERT
"Our troubles are the dark chariots of bright grace.” – l.B. Cowman

Takeaway: "We will share the sufferings of others rather than avoid them." - Eugene Peterson

Resources

• Rebecca DeYoung, Glittering Vices
• Joseph Epstein, Envy
• Peter Kreeft, Back to Virtue
• Jonathan Pennington, The Sermon on the Mount & Human Flourishing