| Open The Scriptures 1. Read Lamentations 3:18-33 slowly. What do you notice? 2. In light of Jeremiah’s description of Jerusalem’s destruction, how does the phrase “steadfast love of the Lord never ceases” feel different than a simple comforting saying? 3. Why do you think the hopeful words in chapter 3 appear in the middle of a book of laments rather than at the end? 4. What might “wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord” mean for people living through the kind of loss Jeremiah describes? Open Your Lives 1. Where in your life do you feel your “mental map” has been broken or changed? 2. What practices (like silence, prayer, talking with a friend) could help you “wait quietly” and grieve without avoiding the pain? 3. How could you prepare differently for holidays or milestone days so they don’t catch you off guard with grief? 4. What is one concrete step you will take this week to bring a specific grief to God or to a trusted person? |
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