This message is the first in our series about pursuing healthy relationships with our emotions. Pastor Brent Cunningham shares in this message about sadness and grief. He breaks down myths about sadness and what the Bible says about them and practical ways to engage them in a healthy way.

Resources from this message:

Examples of Grieving in the Psalms:

“Tears have been my food day and night.” (Ps 42:3)

“Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?” (Ps 43:2)

“Has [God’s] unfailing love vanished forever? Has His promise failed for all time? Has God forgotten to be merciful? (Ps 77:8-9)

“You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.” (Ps 88:6-7)

Spiritual Practices:

Listen to the song “Psalm 13,” by musician Chad Dohring

After reading through several psalms of lament, write your own psalm of lament to, and with, God.

Read:

A Grief Observed, by C. S. Lewis

Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores, by Diane Langberg