April 2002

The prophets of old knew the meaning and power of godly grieving. It still has a place in the lives of God’s people. While indexing some articles recently, I ran across an unusual story, "The Lament of an Indonesian Rape Victim," which told of a woman’s struggle to come to terms with her assault and mutilation by a mob. Furious with God, this woman had stopped praying, but she later found comfort in the Bible when she read about the trials of the Israelites in the book of Lamentations. The article concluded in this way: "She still does not go [...]