Good Grief Part 3: Learning to Lament With JesusSample

IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY

With every news headline, every emergency siren, every phone call in the night, every diagnosis, and every loss, our hearts break. We grieve over all the despair and darkness. We are brokenhearted for those who are hurting and lost. In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he writes that even creation is groaning under the brokenness of this world. All of us, even the trees and the elephants and the otters, know that IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY!

Praise God, there is a way out of the suffering and the grief. Praise God there is more beyond this life. Jesus is the Way. Jesus is the Life. How long will He delay in coming back? No one knows the answer to that question. While we wait, we wait with groaning. But we also wait with hope. We are not abandoned. We are not forsaken. God continues to work miracles. Jesus continues to transform lives. In tragedy and among the heartbroken, the Spirit of God moves and works to call all men and women and children to the Father.

Because one day, one glorious day, He will come. And our tears will cease. And the hurt will stop. And life will be without end. Come, Lord Jesus!

Ask Yourself:

-How have I seen God working in the hard things of my life?

-Am I prepared for Jesus to return? Who in my life needs to know that He is their Savior?

Pause to Pray: “You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!” Psalm 30:11-12

Take a Next Step: During your commute, while you take a walk, or as you do your chores, listen to worship music that will lift your eyes from the hard stuff to the Savior.

Continue the study of biblical lament with these whoisgrace plans:

Good Grief: Learning to Lament with Job

Good Grief: Learning to Lament in the Psalms

Good Grief: Learning to Lament in Lamentations

Good Grief: Learning to Lament Your Sin

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