Practices: Lament

Lament is a kind of prayer where you process your raw, unfiltered pain, sadness, and anger with God about the gap between the way things are and the way you believe, whether right or wrong, they should be.

God, instead of just trying to run away from you, or to merely complain to someone else, I’m going to wrestle WITH YOU about this.

The biblical pattern of lament:

1. Address God directly
2. Unfiltered complaint
3. Petition
4. Expression of trust in the faithfulness of God

Write out your own lament.