Lamenting reveals to me how kind and compassionate God is! He can handle my big feelings because He is a big God. Growing up, the constant refrain was “do not complain” and it felt stifling. But lament allows for me to acknowledge the pain/disappointment/fear.
Thanks for this. This makes me think of the idea of a holy grit, that Christians build a spiritual toughness. It's an embrace of suffering but doing it well. It's not putting on a happy face but it's not sulking either. If this is biblical, I suppose fasting can be our part in acquiring this. Here we learn how to be without getting what we want
Lamenting reveals to me how kind and compassionate God is! He can handle my big feelings because He is a big God. Growing up, the constant refrain was “do not complain” and it felt stifling. But lament allows for me to acknowledge the pain/disappointment/fear.
Thanks for this. This makes me think of the idea of a holy grit, that Christians build a spiritual toughness. It's an embrace of suffering but doing it well. It's not putting on a happy face but it's not sulking either. If this is biblical, I suppose fasting can be our part in acquiring this. Here we learn how to be without getting what we want