Our weeks can get the better of us sometimes and we can get in this rhythm of going from one thing to the next without stopping for a moment to let God's Word really grab ahold of us. So I want to try something new in this space and invite each of us to prayerfully and communally reflect on the sermon from the past week.
This past Sunday, in pursuit of being "new creation" people, we were invited by Lamentations 3:1–18 to become conversant in the biblical language of lament. Let me invite you to read the passage once more and then reflect on these questions, either by journaling or in conversation with a friend or someone else in our congregation.
How comfortable are you in voicing your suffering, grief, loss, and strong ("negative") emotion to God? What makes you so?
What benefit might there be to speaking our honest and raw lament out loud, especially to God?
Consider the name God gave His people: Israel, "wrestles with God." What kind of relationship might God have envisioned between Him and His people if He gave them such a name? What kind of relationship might God envision for us, His Church?
Why is lamenting such a vital part of our Christian faith and spiritual life? What's at stake if we are unable or unwilling to lament?
There are no right or wrong answers to these questions, only opportunities for God to speak His love and truth to us. May God's Word continue to form us and God's Spirit continue to transform us. The LORD bless and keep you this week!
I think of what God ask Job. I also find it difficult to act out to God for fear of grumbling, and complaining. But when I have cried out hurt and alone. I find I repent of it afterwards because I find I act out when I’m frustrated and do not know how to push on through to the other side which I’d like to rush to happen to get distance from my pain. It’s like fight flight find peace to keep moving❤️🙏🏻I feel it’s a pattern of wrestling with God, but I’m fearful of not showing respect to God being humble and I trust he gets me after all. I’m prepping here for an eternity with Him it’s hi…