Here are some words of hope from Pastor Mark Rogap.

In the midst of my pain, I choose to talk to God about it.

The beautiful thing that Lament does is it opens our voice to talk to God again

about the things that we're feeling, about the concerns of our soul.

I cry loud to God, loud God he will hear.

Our world is terribly broken, and yet God is unbelievably glorious.

And yet how do those two things reconcile?

In the day of my trove so, I reach out to seek you Lord I can't feel in the night of my pain darkness falls questions range of you forsaken

god have you left me

this is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Surrender, The Heart God Controls.

For April 25th, 2023, I'm Dana Gresh.

Your ways, oh God, your ways, oh God, your ways, oh God are lonely. You are lonely.

Our emphasis this month is on prayer. Sometimes our prayers are more like moaning or groaning from a deep place of sadness.

Yesterday, Nancy DeMas Walgamuth and Pastor Mark Rogop talked about biblical lament and why it matters to us today.

They're back to continue this conversation and explore the different pieces of lament as found in the book of psalms.

Mark, the song we've just been listening to is an actual rendition of Psalm 77.

And my guess is a lot of our listeners aren't real familiar with that Psalm or with that song

because when we go to church or when we have our quiet time or we turn on Christian radio,

that's not necessarily the kind of song we just naturally gravitate toward.

We prefer something a little different usually.

Yeah, we tend to like positive encouraging music or our sort of triumphal songs on Sunday,

which, you know, in and of themselves, there's nothing wrong with those.

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