Lamentations is a small, often neglected, book located between Jeremiah and Ezekiel. It is painful to read because it is filled with so much pain. In poetic form, Lamentations records the grief and heartache that followed the destruction and exile of Jerusalem, by Babylon, in 587BC. Tradition connects the authorship to Jeremiah, but many believe it is anonymous. So, what could an anonymous 2,600 year old book have to do with us today? Quite a bit. Lamentations is raw and real – and a bit unnerving – which is why we need it. It raises all kinds of challenging questions about how we view God and how we view ourselves. How often do we slow down long enough to consider our lives and what we’re really living for? How often do we rest content doing the bare minimum in life? How often do we ask God to survey the terrain of our hearts and remove whatever is blocking our way to Him? How often do we consider the unrivaled supremacy of God, in all things, and how foolish it is to settle for anything less? Lamentations helps us with all of this and more. In a word, we need this book to help us get real with God and to create space for God to get real with us.
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