Psalms and Prayers of Lament
“The ability of the human heart to cry out unreservedly to God creates the opportunity for a healing relationship between
wounded humanity and a caring God.[21]
Lament, as described in Psalms, models deep cries of the believer to God in times of despair.[22]
Laments are raw, unrefined cries that remind us that we do not have to package our pain into tidy bundles
before we ask God to make sense of disaster.
He meets us there in our pain and weeps with us.”
21. W. Brueggemann, ‘The Psalms and the Life of Faith: A Suggested Typology of Function’,Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,17 (1980), 3-32.
22. G.K. Mwiti & Al Dueck,Christian Counseling: An Africa Indigenous Perspective (Pasadena, CA: Fuller Seminary Press, 2006).
Gladys Mwiti & Bradford Smith in ‘TURNING THE CHURCH’S ATTENTION TO MENTAL HEALTH - BINDING UP THE BROKENHEARTED.’
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