Even as Christians who believe in the sovereignty of God, we can feel confused—or frustrated—when suffering comes. Lament gives us a language to express our grief and sorrow to God, while asking him to lead us to deeper trust. The following quotes are from Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop.
“Lament is how you live between the poles of a hard life and trusting in God’s sovereignty. Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God. Without lament we won’t know how to process pain.”
“A broken world and an increasingly hostile culture make contemporary Christianity unbalanced and limited in the hope we offer if we neglect the minor-key song [of lament]. We need to recover the ancient practice of lament and the grace that comes through it. Christianity suffers when lament is missing.”
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