Why are the men and women who are following Jesus mourning and lamenting?

What does Jesus say to them?  What does he tell them to weep about?  Why?

What does Jesus mean when he says that in the coming days, barren women will be considered blessed?

What does Jesus mean by “when the wood is green” and “when the wood is dry”?

Are you comfortable with sadness, and lament, and mourning?  Why or why not?

What does the world tell us about sadness?  What role does the world want sadness to play in our lives?  How does the world tell us to respond to sadness?  Why?

What does God tell us about sadness?  What role does God want sadness to play in our lives?  How does God tell us to respond to sadness?  Why?

What are some of the things that make God sad?  (How can we know this from Scripture?)  How can we, as the people of God, be working to address these things?

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