Tuesday - LAMENT and CONFESSION
Each week, Tuesday will be a day to open up our hearts to God to bring out our laments - the things which weigh on us and make us want to cry out to God for help. Usually it's in reference to something that is off, or wrong and causes suffering. A phrase our bible will often use is, "How long, O Lord?" and this is a good phrase for understanding lament. "When will you make things right, Jesus?" "Are you not the God who restores? Come and restore this world, this people, this circumstance!" In tandem with this is confession, for sometimes what is wrong is the sin within me (Psalm 32).
What things are you lamenting today?
What external, 'out there' situations are causing lament for you today?
What internal, 'in me' situations are causing lament?
What things do you need to confess to Jesus today?
Are you willing to see ways in which your lament is misplaced? Or your heart lacks lament at all?
What is weighing on you that Jesus is leading you to expose and leave with him?
Open up your heart to God and let him lead you.