“For at least when we express our anger to God, our wrestling keeps our skin pressing into His. God is still present. When we honestly expose our inflammation, express our soreness, we are still staking our commitment to our relationship with Him.”
Ann Voscamp from her blog post,
Even if He doesn’t: Learn to Lament
The lament. It is an art that we have moved away from in our modern-we-can-do-it-ourselves world. We seem to see it as a weakness. As sacrilege to tell God how bad things feel while at the same time acknowledging He holds all things.
But God is BIGGER than that. Much BIGGER.
He shows us in Scripture it is okay to lament, to wrestle, to hold onto Him when there is nothing else and to demand to be heard. (He may not answer the way we hope, but He always remains with us when we show our desperation to Him.)
It is Jacob wrestling with the angel, demanding the blessing.
It is Moses telling God not to destroy the people because of His reputation.
It is Hannah pouring her heart out so deeply that Eli thought she was drunk.
It is the woman in the crowd, jostling to simply touch the hem of His garment.
And it is you and it is me saying "I hate how this feels but I'm still going to trust You."
When we say that, He always answers, "I'm here."
For other thoughts on this quote visit Loni at Writing Canvas.
4 comments:
Desparate for the blessing of God.
AMEN! Mipa... AMEN.
Blessings to you and thanks for sharing your insights and your heart about this deeply personal subject.
M
Let me add a great big amen sweetie.
"He shows us in Scripture it is okay to lament, to wrestle, to hold onto Him when there is nothing else and to demand to be heard."
We have to engage in order to release. If we just push it all away aka, Scarlett O'Hara-style (I'll think about it tomorrow.), we aren't dealing with it and it's much harder to let go. When we boldly step up to God and tell Him we're angry, He will eventually led us to the peace it takes to release our grasp on the anger and pain and walk away from it with in the joy of our salvation.
Thanks for a great post.
Our motto in my family of origin was - Ill do it myself! So lamenting has always been a challenge. I'm learning tho. Thanks!
Ava
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