Title: Glad To Be Sad (2)
Series: Get Used to Different
Author: James Merritt
Text: Matthew 5:4
Introduction
1. As most males, for the biggest part of my life I was not much of a crier. I didn't get all weepy-eyed at movies or novels or even when my beloved Georgia Bulldogs lost football games. I admit as I've gotten older my tear ducts do flow a little more easily and I'm sometimes surprised that what does make me cry. Let me ask you a question, "What makes you cry?"
2. Somebody on Twitter world asked people to tell why they cry tears as in Niagara Falls. You are not going to believe some of the answers. I am not making these up.
- I cried one time because I couldn't get my eyebrows to look the same
- I cried because I couldn't find the exit in the shopping center.
- I cried because I dropped some jelly toast face down on the kitchen tiles
- I cried because the Mexican restaurant put shredded cheese instead of queso on my nachos.
- I cried when the brown hair dye I was applying to extensions seeped through the foil and stained my granite countertop
- I cried because my house key wasn't unlocking my door until I realized I was at the wrong apartment
- I cried because somebody put some trash in my trash can at work
- I cried because McDonalds gave me the wrong sauce with my McNuggets on UberEATS, watching a Minute Maid commercial, because I felt so sorry for the oranges.
3. You know honestly when I read that those are the things people cry over I am not sure whether I want to laugh or cry myself. I read the other day that if you want to know a person's true character find out what makes him angry, what makes him laugh, and what makes him cry.
4. There are some things that ought to make us cry if not on the outside, but at least on the inside. We are going to learn today that Jesus even says we ought to be glad to be sad. We are in a series on the Sermon on the Mount that we are calling "Get Used to Different." The ...
Series: Get Used to Different
Author: James Merritt
Text: Matthew 5:4
Introduction
1. As most males, for the biggest part of my life I was not much of a crier. I didn't get all weepy-eyed at movies or novels or even when my beloved Georgia Bulldogs lost football games. I admit as I've gotten older my tear ducts do flow a little more easily and I'm sometimes surprised that what does make me cry. Let me ask you a question, "What makes you cry?"
2. Somebody on Twitter world asked people to tell why they cry tears as in Niagara Falls. You are not going to believe some of the answers. I am not making these up.
- I cried one time because I couldn't get my eyebrows to look the same
- I cried because I couldn't find the exit in the shopping center.
- I cried because I dropped some jelly toast face down on the kitchen tiles
- I cried because the Mexican restaurant put shredded cheese instead of queso on my nachos.
- I cried when the brown hair dye I was applying to extensions seeped through the foil and stained my granite countertop
- I cried because my house key wasn't unlocking my door until I realized I was at the wrong apartment
- I cried because somebody put some trash in my trash can at work
- I cried because McDonalds gave me the wrong sauce with my McNuggets on UberEATS, watching a Minute Maid commercial, because I felt so sorry for the oranges.
3. You know honestly when I read that those are the things people cry over I am not sure whether I want to laugh or cry myself. I read the other day that if you want to know a person's true character find out what makes him angry, what makes him laugh, and what makes him cry.
4. There are some things that ought to make us cry if not on the outside, but at least on the inside. We are going to learn today that Jesus even says we ought to be glad to be sad. We are in a series on the Sermon on the Mount that we are calling "Get Used to Different." The ...
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