by Ryanss | May 10, 2021 | Resources
Learning to Lament part 5. Being Hopeful (Read Lamentations 3:1-39). I have said the difference between crying, which is human, and lamenting, which is Christian, is that crying is without hope, whereas Lament is hopeful. Lament is prayer. It is directed toward God,...
by Ryanss | May 4, 2021 | Resources
Learning to Lament part 4 Being Honest In the last blog, we looked at truth and honesty; where truth is the objective doctrinal, theological, biblical reality of who God is. The God who has revealed himself and his attributes to us in his word. His completely...
by Ryanss | Apr 12, 2021 | Resources
Learning to Lament Part 3 Being Realistic (Truth and Honesty) The ceaseless passage of time that makes up our lives, is often likened to water flowing under a bridge. “Lots of water has passed under the bridge since … ”. Sometimes they are peaceful, “when peace like...
by Ryanss | Mar 29, 2021 | Resources
This series of articles was birthed when our brother Tommie Van Der Walt asked me to write an article on pastoring the suffering. Perhaps he considered me qualified as a result of the grief and suffering we as a family have experienced. In January 2008, my...
by Ryanss | Mar 29, 2021 | Resources
“To cry is human, to lament is Christian” (Mark Vroegop). But what is lament, and how is different to crying? We all cry for various reasons in this broken and painful world, and many tears are common to Christians and non-Christians alike. The tears shed when...
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