Sermon Scripture: Lamentations 1 (NLT)

THE VALUE OF LAMENT

  1. Lament is form of protest: Lament lets the world (and God) know that which is not right. To lament is to name the pain, suffering, or injustice in our lives and in the lives of others.
  2. Lament offers us a chance to express emotion: Lament offers us the opportunity to express anger, frustration, disappointment to God.
  3. Lament offers us a chance to express confusion: Few things cause us to question the foundation of life more than suffering. When we suffer we ask questions about God’s character, God’s existence, and how the world is set up to run.

These poems show us that biblical story doesn’t ignore suffering. In addition, these emotional poems give a sacred dignity to human suffering.

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