At the Awakenings Prayer Institute, we have been reading Michael Card's book Sacred Sorrow: Reaching Out to God in the Lost Language of Lament. Card says that learning this lost language gives us freedom. We don't have to be afraid of offending God - He knows about anger, fear, sorrow, despair, loss of hope. Being granted permission to experience lament, we can move onto healing, "Asking him to place his finger on those scars that need to be offered up to lament" (pg. 151).
Walking With Grief
Do not hurry
as you walk with grief;
it does not help the journey.
Walk slowly pausing often:
do not hurry
as you walk with grief.
Be not disturbed
by memories that come unbidden
Swiftly forgive;
and let Christ speak for you
unspoken words.
Unfinished conversation
will be resolved in Him.
Be not disturbed.
Be gentle with the one
who walks with grief.
If it is you,
be gentle with yourself.
Swiftly forgive;
walk slowly,
pausing often.
Take time, be gentle
as you walk with grief.
- Celtic Daily Prayer Reading
from the Northumbrian Community
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