Lamentações 2:21

We all experience great loss- a relationship, a job, a loved one, or simply life as it once was. We’re sure that life is not supposed to be this way and so we grieve and mourn for what could have been. And we’re not alone. Join us for the fourth week of a 5-part plan that will help us learn the language and heart of lament in Scripture.

Most likely written by the prophet Jeremiah, Lamentations is a collection of poems mourning the siege of Jerusalem and the coming exile of Judah. Despite the wickedness of God’s people that led to their captivity, the writer reminds his readers the loyal love and mercy of the Lord are truly new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). Even in deep darkness, God is our portion, our hope, and our salvation.

For men, sorting through the rubble of our failures is uncomfortable. But without doing so, we will not be able to avoid the faults and fractures that led to the collapse. We will not see the issues that led to the rubble at our feet. This week, we will spend time in the book of Lamentations. We will consider what it means to face our failures, to recognize our responsibilities, to lay out our laments, and to fall on God’s faithfulness. For men who follow God, failure is real, but the rubble is never permanent. By J.R. Hudberg