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Suffering: Mystery and presence, the lamb slain from the foundation of the world, rediscovering lament and the Gethsemane prayer

Matters of Life and Death

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The Miracle of the Incarnation and the Cross

Lament is holding God to account in the light of his character as revealed in scripture and in the face of Jesus that it's saying you know if we didn't really believe that God is a good God who loves us who weeps with us alongside lament. Lament effectively is saying I'm pouring my heart out to God because I believe that God A wants to hear and B that God has moved by what he hears and and suffers with me. Christianity cannot say that Christianity says no ultimately God exists God is faithful this is God's universe.

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