The reality of the first Christmas night is a teenage girl, 9 mo. pregnant, riding on a donkey, no place to sleep at night. Worldly hoping "for" is exhausting. Lamentations means "book of crying". It is actually 5 poems of 22 verses each. Each verse starts with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in consecutive order. In Hebrew hope means "to wait." The biblical hope is hoping IN. It has a way of showing up where it should.