#hopeinsuffering

Of all the books in the Bible, Lamentations feels the most like a secret, tear-stained diary. It’s not a book you casually flip to for a quick dose of inspiration. It’s heavy. It’s raw. It’s the sound of a whole world coming undone. For years, I skirted around it. I preferred the promises of Isaiah or the worship of the Psalms. But then life, as it does, handed me seasons of loss that felt like…

“But resurrection is not just consolation — it is restoration. We get it all back — the love, the loved ones, the goods, the beauties of this life — but in new, unimaginable degrees of glory and joy and strength.”