Lament (Part 2)

READ: PSALM 13; MARK 14:32-36 Have you ever read a psalm and thought, Wow, they’re really mad at God. Are you even allowed to say that to Him? The short answer is, yes, and it’s called lament. In fact, about a third of the psalms in the Bible are lament psalms or complaint psalms. A lament is when you bring your honest, unfiltered frustrations, angers, griefs, and disappointments to God in prayer. It says, “God, I’m not okay. This stinks. I hate it. I feel like You’ve forgotten me. Why did You let this happen?!” That doesn’t sound encouraging, does it? But lament is so important that, throughout the Bible, the prophets, the leaders of Israel, and even Jesus Himself lamented. And yet, as Christians, we often avoid lament for two reasons. First, sometimes we mistakenly think that lament shows a lack of trust in God. But, in lament, we actually entrust God with our deepest, most uncomfortable feelings. And we are trusting Him to do something about our hurts—whether it be now,...