The Lost Art of Lament
It’s springtime, the Easter season, and we should all be joyful, right? Yet people seem to be gloomy and somewhat desperate because of COVID-19. These times remind me of the need of the lost art of lamenting. It’s not complaining, folks. Yet that seems what most people are doing right now. Instead, we should be lamenting. I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble.(Ps. 142:1-2, NIV,*)…