More than just providing comfort and help in our times of sorrow, the grace of lament helps tune our hearts to the pain of others and to the foundational truths about God and the world. We can lament on behalf of our culture, identifying with the brokenness around us. When leaders fall, scandals shock, or unrighteousness reigns, we have a prayer language to embrace the disappointment instead of casting judgment. I recently heard Mark Dever say, “We watch the news so we know how to pray.”7 So true. But perhaps we could also say, “We watch the news so we know how to lament.” I hope your heart
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