Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In today's connecting clip of the week, we'll continue to hear from Vanitha Reisner, who shared her story of suffering and faith on

the Connecting podcast.

In today's clip, Vanitha discusses how she learned to lament after the loss of her two-month-old

son and how it drew her closer to the Lord.

To listen to the full episode, check out the Paul Tripp podcast episode 240.

Now here's Vanita on Lament.

I love it. episode 240. Now here's Vanitha on Lament. I learned after that experience with God in the car that I needed to talk to God more.

And so that became this sort of journey on Lament.

Because I don't think I even understood lament.

And you talked about the Psalms of Lament and how long, oh, Lord.

And that was when I really discovered those,

because it wasn't like everything was better after that moment in the car.

There was this sense that I was on this journey with the Lord,

but it was still hard. My son was still dead.

And so, but it was this beautiful being able to cry out to God and talk to him and say,

this feels horrible. But then you notice in the Psalms, they always come back to praising God. And so

that really deepened my faith in a way that

I think I was a 30-minute quiet time, check it off the box, girl, really for a decade. And that

started to change my relationship with God, that God became part of my everyday, I want to understand

how to pray the words of the Bible. So for people who

don't know, talk about lament. What are you talking about when you say lament? Lament is really just

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