Marriage, in its purest form, is a lifelong, covenant relationship between one man, one woman, and God. It is meant to be a loving, intimate, and selfless relationship that involves spiritual, emotional, and physical closeness. The Bible describes marriage as having many purposes, including ...
The Prayer of an Aged Believer: Psalm 71
The Prayer of an Aged Believer Most Bible commentators believe this is a psalm of David and is his prayer and trust in God during his later years under the crisis of his son Absalom’s rebellion. Since there is no title and the text of the psalm does not say this, we will not speculate and treat ...
Are You a Good Complainer?
At first glance complaining appears to be nothing but negative. If someone were to put a glass of water in front of you filled up halfway, what would you see? Would you see a glass half empty, or would you see a glass half full? As you know the half empty perspective is considered pessimistic. This ...
How Lamenting Leads to Spiritual and Mental Growth
When practicing the skill of lamenting it leads to spiritual and mental growth. You may be asking how is this so? To engage in lamenting, you eventually start to answer certain questions that tell you where you are in your relationship with God and how to work through the emotional and spiritual ...
Teaching Teens to Lament
Our initial reaction to teens needing to learn how to lament may be incredulity. What do teenagers need to lament about? What significant loss could they be experiencing that would benefit from deep processing and require healing? I agree that not all teens may be experiencing intense grief and loss ...
Lament: Bringing Our Complaints to God
“Life begins with tears; it’s simply part of what it means to be human—to cry is human” (Vroegop, 2019, p. 25). Life is indeed messy. It is part of the human condition to experience pain, sorrow, and suffering. It is not something most seek out or enjoy but work hard to avoid. We may try to ...
Why Grieve Childhood Trauma?
While not everyone can boast of having an idyllic childhood, neither do most people prefer to point out their parents’ flaws. Many cultures (including Christians) might consider remembrance of negative childhood events as disloyal or dishonoring to elders who went before us. Still others might ...
Lament: A Pathway to Forgiveness
As Christians, we know that we are to forgive, although it is not always easy. The scripture that usually comes to mind regarding forgiveness, is Peters question to Jesus, how many times to forgive a brother who sins against us, and Jesus’ response, we must forgive seven times seventy (Matthew ...
The Lament of Unfulfilled Dreams: Infertility & Pregnancy Loss
What is the first thought that enters your mind when you think of grief/loss? Perhaps the parent you lost to cancer or the friend to or your marriage ended in divorce. These are tangible losses that others can see. Sadly, the losses that stem from infertility and pregnancy loss are less thought of, ...
The Prayer of the Troubled Heart
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you” (Isaiah 43:2). What a reminder that we as disciples of Jesus can take ...
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