Mourn with those who mourn - It is an act of love.ĭark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop It is a form of worship.Īnd when someone near us is suffering, we can come and sit beside them.
In actually signals we trust God with our deepest questions and our most painful and raw emotions. Rather, it is a way of reaching out to God. Review of God’s faithfulness in the past.It is the path from heartbreak to hope." - Mark Vroegop Think of lament as the transition between pain and promise. The space between brokenness and God’s mercy is where this song is sung. Instead, lament is a path to praise as we are led through our brokenness and disappointment. "Every lament is a prayer a statement of faith" and "You might think lament is the opposite of praise. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear." - C.S. "The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Even when He’s silent - He’s still there. He isn't going to change the subject or walk away. Lament is a reminder that we're not alone. The world is too big to change, and the burdens too heavy to carry. There’s no strength to push this dream on anymore. The voice gets stuck at the back of the throat. Find your voice, tell your story, change the world and all that. So why am I talking about lament on this podcast? I’m supposed to be encouraging. And then of course there’s Job, and an entire book called Lamentations. He was quoting David, Psalm 22 - which says “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?” (Psalm 22:1, NIV) More than one third of the Psalms are laments. “My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?” You know who said that? Jesus, on the cross. It’s both an expression of grief or anguish, and a cry of hope. The Bible gives us plenty of examples an incredibly powerful way to deal with suffering, called a lament.
But what happens when things don’t go as planned? What happens when you get bad news? When everything falls apart? All last month we talked about calling and purpose.
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