Gratitude. Joy. Sadness over sin.

A lot of us have been taught that these are the ONLY feelings God welcomes. We’ve been led to believe that big emotions (especially the “bad” ones) and big faith just don’t go together. But the Bible gives us a lot of reasons to believe they do. Over thirty percent of the Psalms are cries of lament. Add to this Jeremiah and Job’s complaints plus the entire book of Lamentations and it becomes quite obvious: it’s not just okay to feel all our feelings with God, doing so is the heart and soul of authentic, hope-fueling prayer. Join us for the next Trinity Sunday school series where we’ll study a sampling of lament passages in Scripture (mostly from the Psalms) and explore the idea of lament as an essential spiritual practice.