Lamentations 3:1-42: The Gap Between Hope and Reality (Lamentations)

Welcome to the 3rd sermon in our series on the book of Lamentations. (3 of 3)

Why are we doing a sermon series on Lamentations? Our world is a hard and a dark place. It always has been and it still continues to be. And yet we seem to have less and less capacity to deal with sadness and to respond appropriately, to not get either outraged or depressed at every turn. We don’t know how to navigate the darkness, how to deal with the hurt and pain. The need for proper lament, a crying out to God, is rarely addressed. Nobody wants to study Lamentations. But I believe we need to study this book. We need to learn how to walk in the darkness. Not to depress ourselves, but to find a way to enter into the dark places of the world without giving up on everything, without giving up hope. So that we can see all the more clearly the joy and hope of the coming season of Advent, the Light that enters into the darkness.