I still remember the first time I really felt the need to lament. I was working as a chaplain and one of the patients I had been visiting several times a week passed away. It felt like my heart was breaking. All I wanted to do was cry out to God. In fact, I believe my tears held a deeper question of why this person, why now, why God?
We all need space in our life to lament. I think one of the great tragedies of the American church is that we have bought into this very unBiblical lie that if we truly trust in and believe in God then we won't lament. But the truth is under the thin veneer of smiles and unwavering faith, lies the truth. We all need to lament. And in order to lament you need to trust firmly in God in the first place.
Lament helps bring healing to our broken hearts. So let us join together in songs of lament for that which we held dear.
(Reblog - "Lament" - 01/29/2018)
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