The book of Lamentations takes the reader on a journey of grief. In our last lesson we introduced the concept that the people of God are frequently pictured as expressing their grief. More than one-third of the Psalms are considered psalms of lament and grief. The book of Lamentations contains five poems proclaiming grief on the behalf of the people regarding the destruction of Jerusalem and the Lord’s temple. What we are doing in this series is looking at how the author of Lamentations is teaching the people how to move through the mountain of grief. In our first lesson we noticed how the author is showing that the people can proclaim their pain to God without complaining. In Lamentations 2 we are going to see the struggle that the author has and what he teaches the people to do while they struggle with their grief. Please open your copies of God’s word to Lamentations 2…
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