Mourned
Faith is not a solo sport.
What’s been good for you so far this fall?
What’s been difficult?
Read: Lamentations 5:1-7
How do you deal with suffering and evil as a Christian? Are Christians supposed to be happy all the time? How do you know that?
Read: Lamentations 5:8-14
The chaos and pain felt by each of these groups of people was overwhelming. Has there been a time in your life when you’ve been overwhelmed by grief? How did you cope?
Read: Lamentations 5:15-18
These verses paint a poignant picture of grief. If you had to describe the experience of grief, what would you say?
Read: Lamentations 5:19-20
Lamentations gives no easy answers to human suffering. We learn from it that God doesn’t expect us to keep silent about our pain or our grief. Hebrews 4:14-16 has the other side of this story. How does it provide comfort?
The following questions are from the Immerse Poets book, and will be the same each week. They cover that week’s reading:
What stood out to you this week?
Was there anything confusing or troubling?
Did anything make you think differently about God?
How might this change the way we live?=
Prayer: Pray the Immerse prayer this week. It’s found inside the front cover of your Immerse: Poets book.