Within our Christian cultures we do not often leave room for lament. The ability to lament may have been lost in our excitement over the saving of our Lord and yet, lament still holds an important place in our daily lives and in our walk with God.
To begin with, lament reminds us that we are hopeless without Jesus Christ.
It brings us to the end of ourselves and it is deliberate validation of the pain in our lives; this is key to a healing and releasing of our lives. In order to loose off the pain of our lives that pain must be acknowledged, recognized and spoken for what it is; only then are we are free to go on to forgiveness and the new things that God would have for us.
We read that Jesus was a man of sorrows, and that he wept.
“He was despised and rejected – a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.” Isaiah 53:3
“Then Jesus Wept” John 11:35
Lament brings us past being wounded, to being broken.