The Laments

Lament #1 

My God, my God, why does she hate me?

Why does she slam the door of her heart and give me no reply when I plead?

You have always answered my prayers and poured your blessings down over me, in my darkest hours you have always answered me.

You have raised me from the pit of despair and placed me high upon your mountain.

Yet, my heart is torn in two!

My daughter has disowned me and she acts as if i am no one.

She swears that I am no one to her and she moves about to ignore me, she makes rude and disrespectful comments under her breath,

she bites my tongue with disdain and my heart is broken all to pieces.

I confess to you my God that I know what part O have played in this and I beg for forgiveness.

My anger and impatience has added to this and only you can forgive and heal.

Lord, heal me and grant me your pardon and peace.

Send me my daughter back and heal my broken heart, send hte gems of my broken crown back to sit upon my head and let her be the brightest gem of all.

You, Lord are enthroned on high and can do all things.

I trust in You, the great I AM.

You brought your servant back to life and you are holy forever.

Praise God!

Lament #5

God, Adonai, God of Moses and Abraham,

Father of Jesus, the Holy One of Israel,

maker of heaven and earth, hear my prayer, my earnest plea,

my heart cries out to you for mercy and assistance.

(God is Good.)

The love of my life,

the beauty that you gave me to raise has rejected me.

All night long I fill my pillow with tears and my mind has no focus,

my life has become a dead end and all around me the wilderness closes in.

People all around me point their fingers and my sin is held up for scrutiny.

My life has stalled and my heart beats in an empty chest.

(God, lord, the giver of life…)

Yet, I know you are entroned in heaven, nothing evil comes from you and nothing good begins without you.

You command the sun and moon, my life comes from your breath, you formed me in the womb and you maintain me.

From you hand comes hte wind and your word brings salvation and blessing to me.

I trust in you,

you will not abandon me,

you will rise up and defend me.

(give me strength)

Restore my blessing and turn her eyes toward you,

turn her heart from despair,

restore her smile,

give her an awareness of her true identity,

forgive my words,

calm my anger,

calm my misunderstanding,

let her remian with the confidence that she has while she rides her mare,

give her confident grace and a continuous joy.

(give joy and hearty love to her)

Her mind has tricked her into believing she does not need you,

she hides in mental torment and her smile,

is drowned in undeserved despair,

her early life was a mass of confusion, rage and abandonment,

her trust was robbed by those who should have known better,

my frustration made it worse,

only you can turn her heart,

help her to forgive.

(forgive me)

I know in the depths of my heart where you are,

you will hear me, I will praise you today in the depths of this barren place, forever,

both in life and in life after death.

(on heaven and earth)

You, Oh Lord, who are good all the time,

the one from whom all good things come,

now and always,

I remain forever grateful to you for all the blessings I have and I praise your name for restoring me,

You are God and are enthroned in heaven, my eyes are fixed on you,

All your blessings are remembered, your light shines even in the darkness.

(you are remebered always…)

(always worthy of praise…)

(giver of all joy…)

(God of all the earth…)