Mark HagenLiveoak Bible Church

October 11, 2009

“Life is unspeakably sad until you recover the lost language of Lament. Then it becomes ‘speakably’ sad, and an authentic journey into His presence begins.”

- Larry Crabb, A Sacred Sorrow

“Though it may seem profoundly counter-intuitive, lament and despair are polar opposites. Lament is the deepest, most costly demonstration of belief in God. Despair is the ultimate manifestation of the total denial that He exists.”

- Michael Card, A Sacred Sorrow, p. 55

“… lament is not a path to worship, but the path of worship.”

- Michael Card, A Sacred Sorrow, p. 21