Enough to make an angel weep!',

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"I go mourning." Psalm 38:6

But what is the cause of your mourning? There is nothing apart from Jesus—worth mourning for; or beside sin—worth mourning over.

Is it because of the unevenness of your walk with God? On account of the deep depravity of your nature? Or because Jesus hides His face, and your graces fade and wither?

You may well mourn after Jesus—but you must not despond; for He will turn again, He will have compassion upon you!

The depravity of your heart is enough to make an angel weep! But do not forget the precious blood that cleanses, or thepromised grace that sanctifies.

Do not look too much at the defects which appear in your walk, nor at the corruption which works in your heart; but deal with the blood and grace of Jesus, as the means of your cure. Read and believe His promises; confess and plead at His throne; wait and watch in His ways; be careful, lest by inordinate mourning you grieve His Spirit. He cannot be unkind, He never will forsake you, He was anointed "to comfort all who mourn."