I will pour out…the Spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look at Me whom they have pierced and_mourn_http://goo.gl/4oAvZz 

Could it be that it would ever be a gift to mourn? Is it possible to be overcome with sorrow and yet be completely blessed?

Absolutely.

I recall the first time my father was able to afford to gift my mother with an unexpected treasure. It was decades ago, but the confusion of watching initial surprise quickly be overwhelmed with tears and sobs made a mark on my memory. It made no sense to the mind of a child.

I get it now. The ‘what’ of the gift mattered not at all. The sacrifice, the thoughtfulness, the expression of love of man to wife impelled ‘tears of joy’.

We are all mere children, peering with dull understanding at the magnificence of the gift of the Savior. The One who will be our Lord allowed Himself to be sacrifice for our redemption. When we receive the grace of seeing but a small glimpse of the Gift, how could we be anything less than racked with weeping?

The vitality and recurrent victory of Christendom have been due to the power of the Thing to break out from time to time from its enveloping words and symbols.-G.K. Chesterton