Originally written for byFaith Magazine. Laura Straka has worked for Reformed University Fellowship at Emory University since 2014. She has a Master of Arts (Biblical Studies) degree from Reformed Theological Seminary Atlanta. Laura and her husband Weston love their Atlanta neighborhood and their church.
Psalm 13:5 “But I will trust in your unfailing love.”
Do the struggles of your life ever make you wonder if God really loves you? When marriages are broken, children struggle, friends betray us, or our bodies age, it is easy to wonder over God’s goodness. When we go another cycle with no job offer, no pregnancy, or no second date, it is easy to think God is distant and disinterested.
Lament is God’s gift to us to know his love when we are suffering. It is the way we wrestle with our fears in order to see the Father as he truly is, full of love for his people.