What Is Lament?
Lament is bringing our loss, sorrow and pain to God with all the realness and rawness of the emotion we feel living in a broken world. We ask God to act and entrust our pains and situations to Him, finding hope amidst the sorrow, even joy alongside the pain.
A Guide For Lament
1. Turn to God - know that God is near.
2. Voice your lament/complaint/sorrow - allow yourself to feel the emotion that comes. Don't rush, God is listening.
3. Appeal to God to hear and respond - name how you would like to see Him at work in the situation.
4. Entrust your situation to God, ask Him to help you hold hope along with the sorrow.
2. Voice your lament/complaint/sorrow - allow yourself to feel the emotion that comes. Don't rush, God is listening.
3. Appeal to God to hear and respond - name how you would like to see Him at work in the situation.
4. Entrust your situation to God, ask Him to help you hold hope along with the sorrow.