Be Still And Go

"Lament is not always quiet. Lament is also a complaint that things are not the way God intended them to be. The Psalm writers shout at God, 'Listen! Remember! Vindicate! Save!' Our laments need to be fully voiced in protest and not denied or swept under the rug. "When was the last time you gave yourself permission to lament?//Lament Psalm Twenty Seven by Ann WeemsO God of my heart,it is your name I callwhen the stars do not come out.O God of my soul, it is to you I turn when the torrents of terrordrown me.O God of mercy,it is for your hand I reachwhen I stumbleon the stones of sorrow.O God of justice,it is to you I crywhen the landslide of grief buries me.  I stand beneath the nightwhere the stars used to shineand remembergazing mesmerizedat the luminaries of the skyuntil I could walkthe ink-blue beachbetween their shining.Then their shining stopped,for they left the sky,and you, O God,left with them. And I am left alonebeneath a starless skywith a starless heartthat barely beats. Will your stars never shine