Sovereign Grace Community Church

Lamentation is central to the Christian life and Christian worship. This is because it gives voice to the suffering and longing that characterize sonship in its present form, and it reaches out to God according to the truth of who He is, what He is accomplishing, and our place in His purposes for His creation. For this reason, lament, faith, and hope are inseparable, and so fundamental to the life of God's children in the present age. Not surprisingly, then, faith and hope, like lamentation, are predominant themes in the Psalter as Israel's songs of sonship.