Lament Session - CAT by Jason Luc https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h Writing our own laments en-us 2021-04-07 22:31:19 UTC 2021-04-08 00:47:12 UTC hello@padlet.com An Honest Complaint jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393555717 1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I take
 counsel in my soul
    and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
]]> 2021-04-07 22:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393555717 An Earnest Petition jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393556458 3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
    light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

4 lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
    lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
]]> 2021-04-07 22:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393556458 An Expression of Trust jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393556820 5 But I have trusted in your steadfast love;
    my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

6 I will sing to the Lord,
    because he has dealt bountifully with me.
]]> 2021-04-07 22:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393556820 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393557710 Write below: What has loss felt like for you this past year? What are you struggling with as you look inward or outward?]]> 2021-04-07 22:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393557710 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393557929 Write below: what do you want to ask God for in this time?]]> 2021-04-07 22:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393557929 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393558068 Write below: How can you acknowledge God’s past work in your life? What about God are you clinging to? ]]> 2021-04-07 22:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393558068 ntychow https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393783495 How long, O Lord, will I feel so unsettled? That things do not have simple conclusions or clear answers.]]> 2021-04-08 00:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393783495 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393784248 How long, O Lord, will you continue to allow ignorance, blatant racism, and the misinterpretation and misrepresentation of the Bible last?]]> 2021-04-08 00:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393784248 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393786336 How could you let people of power take advantage of those that are disenfranchised, the poor, the weak?]]> 2021-04-08 00:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393786336 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393786647 How long will it take
for racial reconciliation 
to be complete? ]]> 2021-04-08 00:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393786647 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393786909 How long will the government continue to be incompetent in saving lives and creating effective legislation?]]> 2021-04-08 00:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393786909 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393788889 How long, O Lord, will I feel so frustrated with you, the world, myself? 
Although I know you are just, I feel cheated or that this is unfair. ]]> 2021-04-08 00:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393788889 ntychow https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393790665 How long will I continue to feel lonely for? ]]> 2021-04-08 00:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393790665 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393790682 How long will it be until 
I have a genuine relationship 
with my mom? 

To be able to see eye to eye despite cultural and environmental differences?]]> 2021-04-08 00:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393790682 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393790771 How long will it take to return to a community that can gather together in person?]]> 2021-04-08 00:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393790771 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393792131 How long must our songs of praise be sung in our own rooms?]]> 2021-04-08 00:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393792131 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393792484 How long will it be until we can travel for school, for extended family, for leisure?]]> 2021-04-08 00:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393792484 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393792917 How long will it take for some to realize their privilege? For the privileged to use their money wisely?]]> 2021-04-08 00:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393792917 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393796149 Consider and answer me, give our governments wisdom to act according to wise teaching and knowledge.]]> 2021-04-08 00:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393796149 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393796456 Raise up your people to be a voice for those who do not have a voice.]]> 2021-04-08 00:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393796456 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393796962 Consider and answer me, O Lord, be present and overpower in the hearts of those full of hatred]]> 2021-04-08 00:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393796962 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393797034 Bring us to the bridge, O Lord; 
show us how to love one another 
while still loving ourselves]]> 2021-04-08 00:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393797034 ntychow https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393797512 Slow down what is happening around me and help me heal]]> 2021-04-08 00:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393797512 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393797837 Consider and answer me, provide me with a sense of community even with physical distance.]]> 2021-04-08 00:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393797837 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393799386 How long will I feel unsafe walking on the street?]]> 2021-04-08 00:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393799386 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393799847 Consider and answer me, my God, give the privileged (students especially) the ability to realize that their peers did not start from the same level. Lord, give them to wisdom to see and empathize]]> 2021-04-08 00:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393799847 ntychow https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393800339 Consider and answer me, that I may find genuine joy in serving you rather than only feeling obligated to]]> 2021-04-08 00:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393800339 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393801272 Show us that you are with us, Lord. Give us the community that we yearn.]]> 2021-04-08 00:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393801272 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393802071 Consider and answer me, that you would open my eyes to what you are doing in my life and in the lives of others. Or just what you're doing in general. ]]> 2021-04-08 00:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393802071 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393805144 I have seen your plans unfold in my life in the past and how it has benefitted me even if I didn't know it then.]]> 2021-04-08 00:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393805144 ntychow https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393805399 You have continued to care and provide for me even when I have strayed so far away from you. ]]> 2021-04-08 00:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393805399 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393806508 Lord, you have graced me with your blessings at the most unexpected times and your everlasting presence and unconditional love have been a blanket of comfort these past few months.]]> 2021-04-08 00:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393806508 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393807179 During my most anxious time, you brought me stillness.]]> 2021-04-08 00:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393807179 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393807744 But I have trusted in your steadfast love, you have allowed me to be in community with those unexpected.]]> 2021-04-08 00:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393807744 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393808716 But I have trusted in your steadfast love, you continue to show me grace and love.]]> 2021-04-08 00:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393808716 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393809542 But I have trusted in your steadfast love, you provide for me.]]> 2021-04-08 00:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393809542 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393810344 But I have trusted in your plan, You have always delivered beyond my wildest imaginations.]]> 2021-04-08 00:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393810344 jluc2012 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393810951 Lord, you have shown time and time again that you make all things new.]]> 2021-04-08 00:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393810951 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393811211 I trust in your love, in the way you love us, the ways you want us to love each other.]]> 2021-04-08 00:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393811211 https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393812206 But I have blindly trusted that you will be presented and you have revealed time and time again that you indeed are working even when I'm not looking for you]]> 2021-04-08 00:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jluc2012/f6tzuv1phrupbx8h/wish/1393812206