The Gracious Gift of Lament for the Grieving
Live long enough and you’ll suffer, face serious loss, and stare death square in the face. But God meets us in our pain and grief, inviting us to lament.
Live long enough and you’ll suffer, face serious loss, and stare death square in the face. But God meets us in our pain and grief, inviting us to lament.
Michal’s life was beset by betrayals. She was victim, painfully used by her husband and her father. Thus her story is powerful lesson in our own suffering.
Processing grief is not predictable or neat. This video looks at how lamenting biblically can help: enabling Christians to grieve fully and yet with hope.
Have you been told to not grieve but ‘celebrate the life’ at a funeral? The Bible doesn’t say that Christians shouldn’t mourn. In fact, it says the opposite.
Losing a child results in deep sorrow. Yet peace is found when we confess “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”