This I Call to Mind

Series Title: LamentationsSeries Summary: This Lent, we will journey together through the book of Lamentations, learning how Scripture gives voice to grief, suffering, and faithful protest before God. Beginning with the devastation of Jerusalem (2 Kings 23-25), we will explore how God’s people wrestle with shame, loss, divine sovereignty, worship, humility, and the call to corporate lament in the face of deep pain. Along the way, we will be invited to examine how our responses to suffering—both our own and that of others—reveal what we believe about God and ourselves. This series will encourage us to resist quick answers and instead learn how to sit honestly before God with our sorrow and questions.On Palm Sunday, we will see how praise and lament collide as Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, revealing himself as the prophet who not only laments but acts to bring redemption. Finally, on Easter Sunday, we will celebrate how the risen Christ meets us in our sorrow and promises a future where lament is healed, and God wipes away every tear.⁠⁠⁠LAMENT GUIDE⁠⁠⁠ResourcesHere are some resources you can use to help you study Lamentations on your own⁠⁠⁠Bible Project video and guide ⁠⁠⁠on Lamentations⁠⁠⁠A Bible study ⁠⁠⁠on Lamentations⁠⁠⁠Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop⁠⁠⁠ - a book that studies the theme of lament in Scripture, it focuses on both the psalms of lament as well as lamentations.⁠⁠⁠Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah ⁠⁠⁠- this book is an extended meditation on Lamentations, drawing applications to the church in the United States. This book pushes the reader in ways that are uncomfortable. You may not agree with him on everything, but you will be challenged to think about Lamentations, and it’s meaning for us today.Passages: Lamentation 3Speaker: Omar OrtizThe memory of what happened to Jerusalem has dominated the first two poems in Lamentations. Like the Lady Zion and the Prophet Jeremiah, our own Laments are filled with the memories of loss, injustice, and suffering. But Christian lament also calls to mind the character of God. Lamentations 3 invites us to hold the memory of loss and God’s faithfulness in tension with each other.