lamenting sin
What truth is emerging as you allow yourself to lament?
Revelation 22:17
Let the thirsty come forward. Let all who desire it accept the gift of life-giving water.
In the midst of all the other horrors that have been persisting in recent weeks, I’ve been grieving the news from the UN that we have now entered a state of global water bankruptcy. How truly devastating.
In the vision of the kin-dom of God being made complete that is prophesied in Revelation, there is a river that flows with crystal clear water through the streets of the city of God. And there is an invitation to come and partake for all who are thirsty. I wonder what a theology and Christian praxis that centered the rights of every person to clean water would feel like in this moment?
As I take this time in Lent to grieve and mourn and lament the sin of human decisions that have led to this preventable tragedy, I also want to orient myself to the truth that things do not always have to be this way. That repentance and change and shift are also possible.
What are you grieving today? What truth is emerging as you allow yourself to lament?
— Candace Woods