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QOF 10 Honest to God: An Invitation to Lament

September 15, 2024 • Cover Art: "Big" Jim Miller; Program Music: Georgia Sound "Something New" • Season 3 • Episode 14

Is it OK to tell God how we really feel about a loss or other tragedy that rocks our lives? Many Christians feel they need to focus on thoughts of future comfort and messages of God's good promises. Genuine feelings of sorrow and anger can be overlooked or held in painful silence. In this Questions of Faith episode, Brian argues that God invites us to emotional honesty. Lament is a biblical model for honest, healthy expression of pain and complaint to God. Brian draws from the book Just Be Honest by Clint Watkins, who maintains that "We don't need to pretend or be polite with God." Clint describes a way to relate candidly to God in life's hardest moments.
Just Be Honest, by Clint Watkins
Psalms 42 & 43
RESET, by Debra Fileta
The Grief Recovery Institute
The Heart of Grief.com