Confession is one thing, contrition is quite another. I realize this attention to our sin is jarring to the spirit of our world that has turned to a wild pursuit of happiness. Many will bemoan any attention in the Christian world that points to our sins. I recall my good friend Bruce Larson telling about a halfway house for juvenile delinquents, I think it was in Canada. This home was created as a way to help young boys make the transition back into the world after being in trouble with the law and spending time in prison.
Wellness begins with facing our sin and grieving over our sins.
And Jesus is telling us in this beatitude that when we mourn our sins we will know the comfort of God's forgiveness. But God made you alive together with Christ. If we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united in a resurrection like his. On and on scripture goes to proclaim the amazing grace of God in Jesus Christ. Only the contrite know the comfort of that grace.