Tag: lament
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Navigating Sorrow During Lent: Jesus Weeps with Us
Jesus though, knows that grief cannot be avoided. Lazarus is ill, but death will heal him. It is how we try to understand suffering when neither medicine or miracles work. Healing will come in eternity. Jesus allows Lazarus to die, even though he knows it will break his friends’ hearts, even though it breaks his…
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Tears for Fears
As we sit in this world and wonder what on earth is going on, it can feel as if God has broken down the walls and allowed the enemy in. It can feel as if we are being punished for not carrying Christ’s light and letting it shine brightly.
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Lament and Determination
For Ukrainians, an underestimated nation of pride and faith, there is lament and grief, but there is also hope and determination in their faith. For us, as we reel from one tragedy to the next, it is OK to lament, it is godly and spiritual and Lent is the perfect time for laying ourselves bare…
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