{"id":3441,"date":"2025-05-14T09:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thementoringproject.com\/?post_type=field_guides&p=3441"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:19:52","slug":"trusting-god-in-crisis-faith-when-life-falls-apart","status":"publish","type":"field_guides","link":"https:\/\/thementoringproject.com\/zh\/field-guide\/trusting-god-in-crisis-faith-when-life-falls-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"#52 Trusting God in Crisis: Faith When Life Falls Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part One: Lament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. What is lament? <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lament is not a word with a high usage rate in today\u2019s age. In fact, I would bet that most don\u2019t really have an idea about what lament is. At best, I think people know which emotion lament is most closely associated with\u2014sadness. But lament isn\u2019t simply an emotion; it\u2019s an activity. Lament is giving expression and order to grief and sadness. It vocalizes and organizes emotional distress and pain. Admittedly, that is a somewhat abstract definition of lament. After all, when you\u2019re in a time of deep distress, you rarely feel like ordering or organizing anything, let alone the thing creating the distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kind of ordering we\u2019re talking about here isn\u2019t what you do with your closets or pantry or toolbox when they become unruly\u2014at least not entirely like that. It\u2019s not as though in order to lament, you must categorize every contributing factor and analyze each in order of priority. Instead, lament is order through exit. It happens when you reach into the grief and let it out by speaking\u2014saying out loud what it is and how you feel about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, what you say can vary greatly based on the severity or kind of grief you\u2019re experiencing. Have you ever suffered a loss or felt a sadness so great that it seemed like all you could do was weep rather than speak? I have. Other times, lament means saying everything that can be said. This is what you do when you journal for pages on end about the sadness you\u2019re experiencing. It\u2019s what you do on a road trip, where it\u2019s just you and the windshield for hours, and yet, those hours don\u2019t seem sufficient to get it all out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, lament is order through exit in that it involves releasing grief by vocalizing it. It\u2019s also order through direction. By this, I mean that lament often comes with an expressed desire for how things could be better. \u201cI wish this never happened\u2026\u201d \u201cI wish I could bring him back\u2026\u201d \u201cI wish I were something different\u2026\u201d I think we\u2019ve all made \u201cI wish\u201d statements like these at one time or another. We grieve what is or what is not, and we wish it to be otherwise. No one had to teach us to do that; it comes naturally. We don\u2019t often have to remember to lament; we just do it as trouble presents itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. How is lament helpful? <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the most pertinent examples of lament in the Bible comes from the book of Job. If you\u2019ve grown up in church, you\u2019ve likely heard of Job. From the first two chapters of the book of Job, we learn that Job was a wealthy man with a big family. More importantly, Job was upright before God. He trusted God and sought to serve God in everything he did. Surprisingly, it was precisely Job\u2019s character that qualified him to suffer unimaginable loss. At the hand of Satan, God allowed for everything to be taken from Job to prove that Job would refuse to curse God. In the testing, Job lost his property and his possessions. Worse yet, he lost his children in a tragic windstorm that brought a roof down over their heads. Satan was even allowed to strike Job\u2019s body, covering him with painful sores from head to toe. If anyone could say that their life fell apart, it was Job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Job\u2019s response to such staggering loss? He sat silently on the ground for seven days and nights while his friends stared at him, having not one clue as to what they could say to ease his pain (Job 2:13). After a week of silent suffering, Job spoke, and what he said was a chilling lament. His first words were: \u201cLet the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, \u2018A man is conceived\u2019\u201d (Job 3:1). Later in the same soliloquy, Job asks, \u201cWhy did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire?\u201d (Job 3:11). And again Job asks, \u201cWhy is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, who long for death, but it comes not. . .\u201d (Job 3:20-21a).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Job, dying at birth would be better than living a long life because he would have avoided suffering. It\u2019s not that death is better than life generally, but that death is better than Job\u2019s life, which had become utterly intolerable. There is much we could say about God and suffering and Job, but for now, we need to focus on what Job\u2019s lament teaches us about lament in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job\u2019s example helps us see lament as a good first step in responding when life falls apart. Suffering creates disorientation and chaos. No matter how hard we try to wrestle our feelings with our words, sometimes our words fail to sum it all up. And yet, our words help us begin to process, begin to understand, or at least accept what is. In Job\u2019s case, it took a week of silence to get to the place where he could say anything at all, and what he said wasn\u2019t exactly in the realm of rationality. Just read Job 3. He wished all the natural order had protested and prevented his birth! Lament doesn\u2019t always have to be rational because lament isn\u2019t where the process stops, but where it begins. As you grieve your losses and respond to your pains, you don\u2019t want to be perpetually in a state of lament. Rather, you want to eventually accept what has happened, trust the Lord\u2019s providence in it, and help others follow Jesus through what you learn from your own suffering. Lament leads to all these things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world offers many alternatives to honest lament. There\u2019s the bottle-it-up approach, which says if you ignore the pain, it will eventually go away. But time doesn\u2019t heal all wounds, and it definitely doesn\u2019t heal all wounds properly. Like failing to set a broken bone can lead to walking with a limp, bottling up pain will cause perpetual problems for you in life and in your walk with the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another alternative to lament is the distract-yourself approach, which says if you simply pursue other pleasures or bury yourself at work, then grief will eventually get choked out. There is a long line of brokenness associated with this approach. Grief too often acts as an assailant, ready to attack without warning. To fend grief, you\u2019re too often driven deeper and deeper into your distraction until eventually your distraction turns around and bites back. You can only pursue drugs, sex, gambling, serial shopping, overworking, or any other distraction for so long before you\u2019re pinned between it and your grief. One or the other will win out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t bottle up your grief. Don\u2019t try to distract yourself until it goes away. Instead, lament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. How does God perceive our lament? <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My friends, God invites us to bring our laments to him. Our lament over our own brokenness and the brokenness that surrounds doesn\u2019t intimidate or anger him. Instead, he receives us as a good father does his hurting child. One of the sweetest portions of Jesus\u2019s teaching occurs when he says, \u201cCome to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest\u201d (Matt. 11:28). In some sense, lament is wrapped up in his invitation to \u201ccome\u201d. Do you have burdens and sorrows that seem too heavy to carry? You should come to Jesus. He will not despair of you or turn you away. Instead, he will give you rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, many Christians are under the impression that God looks down on lament. But the Bible is full of examples of lament. An entire book in the Bible is called Lament<\/em>ations! Just look at the Psalms\u2014nearly half (65 or so) are committed laments before God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think there are two reasons for this: one personal and one corporate. Personally, Christians may feel like trusting in the Lord is somehow incompatible with lament that is proportionate to their pain. \u201cIf the Lord is sovereign over every detail of my life (which he is!), then I just need to grit my teeth and believe in his good purposes without getting down about how much it currently hurts!\u201d Yes, God is sovereign. And yes, God knows exactly what he will accomplish by allowing us to suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But his sovereignty over suffering does not leave him cold or impatient with us when we express our sorrows to him.  King David writes in Psalm 103, \u201cAs a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust\u201d (Ps. 103:13-14). God may know what our suffering will mean in the end, but he also knows that we don\u2019t know right now. He knows that we can\u2019t see the whole picture. So, he invites us to lament to him even as we fight for faith. So, don\u2019t feel embarrassed to lament to God. Your sadness over suffering is not a contradiction to your faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think another reason that Christians have forgotten to lament is because churches have forgotten to lament on the Lord\u2019s Day. Many Christian worship services are aimed at unbelievers or are tuned to surface-level Christianity. The result is gatherings that are chipper and upbeat but leave no room for lament. Like churches should pray prayers and sing songs of confession of sin and praise to God, so they should also lament. At my church, we routinely have a prayer of lament followed by a song that emphasizes God as a comforter to his people. Over time, I have learned how to pray prayers of lament by listening and praying alongside those who have led these prayers during our Sunday morning gatherings. If your church has forgotten to lament, your fellow members are likely tempted to forget as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lament is not simply verbal processing, though it is not less than that. Lament is taking our burdens to the God who hears and cares. David laments in Psalm 42: \u201cMy tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, \u2018Where is your God? . . . Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God\u201d (Ps. 42:3, 5). Lament reminds us that God is our salvation, and he will not fail us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflection Questions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Do you find lament difficult? Why or why not?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. How can lament help you process your grief before God?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Read Psalm 3, 13, 32, and 44. What stands out to you about these songs of lament?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Have you ever tried an alternative like ignoring or distracting yourself from pain? How has that worked?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Part Two: Learn Who God Is<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    So, when life feels like it\u2019s falling apart, we should lament. We should also remember who God is. God is sovereign, just, and savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • God is sovereign. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      When I was a teenager trying to follow Jesus, I struggled to understand how God could be sovereign over a world full of sin and suffering. To be honest, I still struggle with that concept, but not in the same way as I used to. You see, before, I wasn\u2019t aware of how pervasive God\u2019s sovereignty is in the Bible. I think I probably assumed the Bible was as embarrassed by God\u2019s sovereignty as I was. After all, how could we think that God is somehow sovereign over so many terrible things that happen in this world and our lives? Surely, these things are simply the result of sin and have nothing to do with God, right? Well\u2026 yes and no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      It\u2019s true that suffering is the result of sin. Paul wrote to the Romans, \u201cTherefore just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned\u2014\u201d (Rom. 5:12). So, in one sense we may explain human suffering, which is a precursor to death, as being the result of human action\u2014namely, sin against God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In another sense, however, we must confess with the Scriptures that God is sovereign over sin and suffering. It would far exceed the boundaries of this guide for me to fully defend that assertion. But let me give you two pieces of evidence that confirm God is in fact sovereign over everything\u2014sin and suffering included. First, there is Jesus\u2019 cross. What is Jesus\u2019s cross in response to? Our sin. Again, Paul makes it clear in Romans 5 that just as sin entered the world through Adam (Gen. 3), so life comes through Christ\u2019s life and death on the cross (Rom. 5:19). And Christ\u2019s death on the cross was not God\u2019s plan B, evoked as an emergency response to Adam\u2019s sin. Rather, Luke writes, \u201cthis Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men\u201d (Acts 2:23). So, before the world was established, God intended to offer his only son, the Lord Jesus, on behalf of sinners, which presupposes sin would enter this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Second, God\u2019s Word regularly teaches that God is sovereign over sin and suffering. This is nowhere more apparent than in the book of Job. Famously, after Job lost everything he knew and loved, he blessed God and said, \u201cNaked I came from my mother\u2019s woman and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. . .\u201d (Job 1:21). But wait Job, wasn\u2019t it Satan who caused all your suffering? Well, Job didn\u2019t know of the exchange between God and Satan, which led to his losses. And yet, throughout the book, Job insisted on hearing an explanation not from Satan but from God himself. When God finally answered Job\u2019s request, he happily asserted his sovereignty over all of creation, including death and Satan (see divine speeches in Job 38-41). Job responded to God\u2019s sovereignty of his suffering by saying, \u201cI know you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore, I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know\u201d (Job 42:2-3). Neither Job nor God ran from the reality that Satan was subordinate to God alone. Job\u2019s sufferings and restoration stand as clear evidence that God is sovereign over even the most difficult things in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Why does this matter? For one, it matters because God\u2019s sovereignty guarantees victory. Imagine if God was not sovereign over your life when it fell apart. . . who was responsible for your calamity? Who ultimately approved of your trial, and what plan does your trial accord with? My friend, God is good and sovereign and, as Job confessed, no plan of his can be thwarted. You don\u2019t want a god who can be beaten. You don\u2019t want a god who answers to someone else. You want a big, sovereign God who works all things for his purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • God is good. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        One of the concerns about monarchy is whether the monarch is good or evil.  You see, absolute power wielded by an evil king is dangerous for all who find themselves under him. God is not a wicked king. In fact, there is no impurity in him. Moses said of God, \u201cThe Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he\u201d (Deut. 32:4). What\u2019s more is that there is no being like him. Only God defines moral goodness because only God is morally perfect. That is, in part, what we mean when we say God is holy. We\u2019re communicating that God is totally alone in moral perfection and, as we learned in the previous section, absolute power. That is why we do not need to fear God\u2019s sovereignty, as though he will ever use his power to do what is not right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        When your life falls apart, you may be tempted to think that God is using his sovereign power to commit evil against you. My friend, God is sovereign and <\/em>good. He does no evil. Your suffering may be the result of your sin or the sins of others, but it is never the result of God\u2019s sin because God does not sin. When you\u2019re in the trenches and your life is in shambles, you must know that God is good. It is this fact that you may be most likely to doubt or deny, but it is this fact that the Bible teaches over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        I recently had the chance to share the gospel with an agnostic who had previously believed in Jesus but later apostatized because he couldn\u2019t understand how God could allow so much death and bloodshed in the Old Testament. One of the key examples he cited was Noah and the ark. \u201cHow could God flood the earth when it was full of innocent people?\u201d my friend asked. I said to him, \u201cPerry, the problem is with that word innocent. There are no innocent people. We, unlike God, are morally compromised. We do not love what we should, and we love what we shouldn\u2019t. The reason it\u2019s such a big deal is that God is infinitely good. He isn\u2019t partly upright; he is eternally upright. And we have offended him. His judgement on humanity is right because he is right and we are wrong.\u201d I wish I could report that Perry was convinced that day, but he wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        There is a day coming for me, Perry, and you when we will stand before this morally perfect God and give an answer for how we\u2019ve lived our lives. What do you think you\u2019ll say when you face his goodness and know yourself to be everything other than good? To be safe from God\u2019s good judgement over your sin, you must put your trust in Jesus. You see, God poured out his wrath against sin on Jesus for all those who would turn from their sin and trust in him. If you are trusting in Jesus, then you will not face judgement but instead will receive God\u2019s goodness, which is yours in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • God has promised good to those who trust in Jesus. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Romans 8:28 is routinely printed on coffee cups, pens, and t-shirts. This verse\u2019s popularity is not without good reason. Paul wrote to the Romans, \u201cAnd we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose\u201d (Rom. 8:28). All <\/em>things?! Yes, all things. Including those things which have caused my life to feel like it\u2019s falling apart? Yes, even those things. God has promised heavenly good for everyone who loves him. He has promised to work everything out for the good of those who are called according to his purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          My wife and I prayed for children for years, but it seemed as though God wasn\u2019t listening. We were diagnosed with \u201cunexplained infertility\u201d, which means that, as far as a doctor can see, there is no reason why we shouldn\u2019t be able to have kids. And yet, we were childless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Then, one day, my wife announced to me that we were pregnant. It was as though heaven finally heard and responded to our many requests. We were going to have a family. We praised the Lord from the mountaintops. We told our families. We moved homes so we\u2019d be better prepared for our baby\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          A handful of weeks later, sitting with my wife\u2019s hand in mine, we were given the terrible news that our baby didn\u2019t make it. Her hand tightened around mine. The air leaked out of the room. The doctor offered his condolences and then stepped out to give us some space. When the door closed behind him, my wife began to wail. Even recalling it for you now is bringing up a deep sadness that I feel over the loss of that little one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Our lives felt like they had fallen apart. Where was our God, who promised all <\/em>things would work out for us? We loved him, didn\u2019t we? We were committed to serving him! Was he toying with us all this time? Hearing our prayers and delaying the answer just to build suspense, so that he could give and then take away just a couple of months later? These were the questions we were asking. This was the grief that we were lamenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          My wife and I now have five children whom we adopted in 2023. They are beautiful, and we are overjoyed to be their mom and dad. As I think back on our infertility and loss, I am made to praise the Lord because, while I didn\u2019t know how he was going to work everything out for our good (and our children\u2019s good!), God did. He wasn\u2019t punting on his promise to us. He was arranging our lives to intersect with our children\u2019s lives. He was putting our family together according to his wisdom, not ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          If you love God and are called according to his purpose, then you have his personal guarantee that he is working everything out for your good. Now, what \u201cgood\u201d means is for him to decide. Here\u2019s what you can bet on, though\u2014God\u2019s goodness to you is not less than eternity with him in his joy. God has promised to work out your life here so that you spend eternity with him there. Your life will fall apart. You will suffer sorrow. But God will use all of it for his glory and <\/em>your good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Corrie ten Boom wrote the poem \u201cMy Life Is but a Weaving.\u201d I have returned to her words more times than I can say in response to suffering. She writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          My life is but a weaving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Between my God and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          I cannot choose the colors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          He weaveth steadily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Oft\u2019 time He weaveth sorrow;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          And I in foolish pride<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Forget He sees the upper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          And I the underside<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Not \u2018til the loom is silent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          And the shuttles cease to fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Will God unroll the canvas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          And reveal the reason why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The dark threads are as needful<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          In the weaver\u2019s skillful hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          As the threads of gold and silver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          In the pattern He has planned<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          He knows, He loves, He cares;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Nothing this truth can dim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          He gives the very best to those<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Who leave the choice to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Will you leave the choice to your sovereign, good, saving God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Reflection questions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. How does knowing God is over your suffering help you endure it?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Does suffering make you doubt God\u2019s goodness? Why?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. What comfort do you find in knowing that God promises to work out everything for your good?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Part Three: Lean on God and Others<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

            In January 2025, my parents\u2019 lives fell apart. The culprit? A tree fell on their house. I\u2019m not talking about a little branch or a small sapling, okay? It was a 30,000-pound oak tree. Thankfully, it hit the chimney before smashing through the roof. The contractor said that if it had hit the roof first, it would have split the house and gone straight into the basement. Even still, the damage caused by that tree is currently north of $250,000. My parents have been out of their house for six months and have no idea when the repairs will finally be complete, allowing them to return home. They\u2019ve suffered a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Even in the face of suffering, I have been so encouraged by how they have leaned on the Lord and others for help. This trial in their lives has not deflated them or caused them to doubt God\u2019s goodness. In fact, they\u2019ve leaned into God\u2019s promises to them and allowed others to be Christ\u2019s hands and feet for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            In this section, I want us to think about how we can lean on God and others for help when our lives feel like they\u2019re falling apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. Rely on God\u2019s Word. <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            Jesus\u2019s sermon on the mount is probably the most famous sermon of all time. Jesus concluded that address by drawing a comparison between two houses: one which was built on rock and another which was built on sand. In the case of both homes, \u201cthe rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew. . .\u201d (Matt. 7:25, 27). The outcomes of both homes, however, were drastically different. The house built on the rock \u201cdid not fall\u201d but stood defiantly against the storm. The house built on sand, on the other hand, not only fell but \u201cgreat was the fall of it\u201d (Matt. 7:27). Which was the house built on the rock? Jesus said this house represents those who \u201chear these words of mine and do them\u2026\u201d (Matt. 7:24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            So, what about you? What will you build your life on? The options are admittedly endless. You could build on money, fame, power, popularity, skill, family, sex, or a whole host of other things. Or, you could build your house on the rock that is God\u2019s Word. Unapologetically, Jesus says that if you choose the latter, you\u2019re a \u201cfoolish man\u201d (or woman) (Matt. 7:26).  Why might that be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Well, for one, the long list of options I just gave you, and whichever ones I didn\u2019t mention but you\u2019d want to add, have one thing in common\u2014they\u2019re all fleeting. Okay, two things in common\u2014they\u2019re fleeting and they fail to finally satisfy your deepest longings. God\u2019s Word is not subject to either of these criticisms. Isaiah writes, \u201cThe grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever\u201d (Is. 40:7-8). You see, unlike these alternatives, God\u2019s Word is enduring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            God\u2019s Word is also perfectly satisfying. Jeremiah writes, \u201clet him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord\u201d (Jer. 9:24). Your riches or possessions or influence are not worth boasting. They are cheap in comparison to the surpassing value of understanding and knowing God. How might you grow to understand and know God more? By spending time in his Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            If you\u2019re not accustomed to reading God\u2019s Word, let me recommend that you take at least fifteen minutes every day to read a few chapters. As you read, ask yourself questions about what you\u2019re reading has to do with God, yourself, and the people around you. Ask yourself how what you\u2019re reading applies to your life. If you have questions about what something means, jot those down and then ask your pastor or mentor to help you understand. There is nothing more worthwhile than spending time with God in His Word. When your life falls apart, you will find that if you\u2019ve spent time learning and obeying God\u2019s Word, you\u2019ll be like the rich man whose house is built on the rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            2. Pray for God\u2019s help. <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            I recently led my small group in a study through the book of James. Though I\u2019ve read God\u2019s Word for a long time, I was struck anew by how bold James was in his instruction to us regarding how we ought to pray. He tells us in James 4:2, \u201cYou do not have, because you do not ask.\u201d Then in James 5:16, James writes, \u201cThe prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.\u201d  Translation? Prayer is a really big deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            When you are in a situation where you feel like your life is falling apart, you should pray. I know that sounds simple, but I\u2019m serious. You need to pray for God\u2019s help. David writes, \u201cIn my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears\u201d (Ps. 18:6). Your cry will also reach his ears. So when you\u2019re facing distress, call out to God for help. Here are a few things you can ask him for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • That God would receive glory from your suffering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • That God would use your suffering to strengthen your faith.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • That others would see your faith and believe in your God.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • That you would have the wisdom to know how to handle various decisions in front of you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • That God would bring you out of your suffering soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              3. Lean on God\u2019s people. <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

              Remember my mom and dad\u2019s situation with the tree falling into their house? One of the most encouraging aspects of that trial has been the way members of their church have truly loved them through it all. They have people offer them homes, food, gift cards, help with cleaning up the property, and money for repairs. More importantly, people have shared Scripture with them and prayed to God on their behalf. On and on, the help has come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Are you plugged into a church where your fellow members are committed to your spiritual and physical well-being? If not, you need to be. The Christian life wasn\u2019t meant to be lived alone. Don\u2019t believe me? Go read the epistles and ask yourself how you would obey all of God\u2019s commands by yourself? \u201cLive in harmony with one another\u201d (Rom. 12:16). \u201cEncourage one another and build one another up\u201d (1 Thess. 5:11). \u201cAs each has received a gift, use it to serve one another\u201d (1 Pet. 4:10). The Bible\u2019s teaching on the Christian life simply assumes that you\u2019re living it out with others. You realize how important others truly are to your spiritual well-being when it\u2019s time to suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              I remember once suffering because of my own sin. The consequences of my sin were great, and through them I really realized how wrong I had been. In the sadness of that season, I had a seventy-eight-year-old friend named Junior. Junior had been a Christian for a long time when we met, and while he wasn\u2019t much into reading old theology books, he was really committed to showing me the love of Christ. He drew near to me, helped me around my house, sat with me in my sadness, and encouraged me to take my struggles to the Lord in prayer. Junior was an example to me, and in his example, I saw God\u2019s love for me. Everyone needs a Junior. In fact, everyone needs churches full of Juniors who go around looking for ways to encourage one another to keep going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              One way we facilitate this kind of care at my church is through our church covenant. It\u2019s extremely old, but very effective in underscoring for each of us what we\u2019ve committed to one another. We renew this covenant with one another every time we take the Lord\u2019s Supper and before our membership meetings. Here is just a snippet of our covenant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              We will walk together in brotherly love, as becomes the members of a Christian Church, exercise an affectionate care and watchfulness over each other, and faithfully admonish and entreat one another as occasion may require.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              We will not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, nor neglect to pray for ourselves and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              We will endeavor to bring up such as may at any time be under our care, in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and by a pure and loving example to seek the salvation of our family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              We will rejoice at each other\u2019s happiness and endeavor with tenderness and sympathy to bear each other\u2019s burdens and sorrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Your church may not have a covenant, but you should be characterized by a covenantal commitment to one another. When you\u2019re facing trouble, you need a church full of believers who are absolutely in it for you. So, whether you\u2019re suffering now or are waiting for your next round, lean into God\u2019s people in the context of a healthy church. Often it is through God\u2019s people that we most palpably feel God\u2019s presence and receive his help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Reflection questions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              1. How has your time in God\u2019s Word been lately? Are you struggling to see its relevance? Are you growing in your understanding of who God is and what he expects from you?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              2. How has God\u2019s Word brought you comfort in trials and suffering?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              3. What does time in prayer look like for you? Do you struggle with distractions? If so, talk with your mentor about how you might grow in this spiritual discipline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              4. What does your current relationship with your church look like? How could you be more intentional about loving those saints?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              5. How have you seen God\u2019s people rally to care for you when you\u2019ve suffered?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                Part Four: Love Others with Your Story<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

                I once met a woman named Tina. Tina\u2019s childhood was marked by abuse and abandonment. Her mother was a person with schizophrenia who often had to be institutionalized, leaving Tina and her brothers to fend for themselves. Tina never met her father but did know and love her brother\u2019s father as her own. That is, until he took off when she was ten. Between the ages of ten and eighteen, Tina can recall more than a dozen foster homes waiting for her mom to get out of the hospital. Most tragically, Tina was sexually abused by a sheriff, the sheriff\u2019s son, and her pastor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Her story turns my stomach and brings tears to my eyes. How could anyone treat a child so horribly? By God\u2019s grace, Tina heard and believed the gospel when she was twelve years old. Even though she suffered so much from that time until she was old enough to leave her hometown, she never stopped trusting in Jesus, believing that he would save her. As an adult, Tina has counseled and cared for countless women with similar backgrounds. I once heard her say, \u201cI am humbled to have been counted worthy to suffer so much so that I could help so many who have suffered similar things.\u201d Wow. That is an amazing testimony of God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                1. God uses our grief for others\u2019 good. <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                I wonder if you\u2019ve thought about how God might want to use your story to help others who have suffered like you have. Your story may not be exactly like Tina\u2019s, but like Tina, God intends to use your story to help others also. I once heard it said by a pastor that God never wastes our pain. I think that\u2019s true in more ways than one. It\u2019s true that God uses our pain for our good by making us more like Jesus through it. It\u2019s also true that he uses our pain to help others grow to be more like Jesus through the pain of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Paul wrote to the Corinthian church, \u201cBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God\u201d (2 Cor. 1:3-4). Did you notice the connection between our being afflicted and yet comforted so that we might be a comfort to the afflicted? What this connection shows us is threefold: 1. That God is the God of comfort. 2. That God brings comfort to the afflicted. 3. That the relationship between God and his people is so close that God can meaningfully deliver comfort to one of his afflicted children by another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Do you want to be used by God? Then use your own sufferings to help others who are suffering. Use the comfort that God brings you to comfort others. Practically, this could mean giving counsel or encouragement to someone suffering. More often, though, this means sitting with the person whose life has fallen apart, telling them that you love them, and committing to pray for and care for them in whatever way you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                2. Seek to give God glory for your afflictions. <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                This one seems counterintuitive. Giving God glory for blessings? Easy. That makes sense. Giving him glory for suffering? That\u2019s a bit harder to figure out. Enter James. James was writing to a number of suffering Christians about what they should do with their suffering. He said to them, \u201cCount it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds\u201d (Jas. 1:2). Count it all joy? <\/em>Why would trouble propagate joy? James writes, \u201cfor you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing\u201d (Jas. 1:3-4). Suffering leads to Christlikeness, and Christlikeness is most to be valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I think we can go a little deeper with the relationship between your suffering and Christlikeness. The hallmark of Christ\u2019s ministry to us is his suffering and dying in our stead. Notice how Paul connects Christ\u2019s suffering with his own and how he sees both serving the common interests of God\u2019s people. He writes to the Colossians, \u201cNow I rejoice in my sufferings. . .\u201d Sounds like James, right? \u201c. . . for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christs afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church\u201d (Col. 1:24). The idea of \u201cfilling up what is lacking\u201d is not an indication that Christ\u2019s sufferings are insufficient. Rather, Paul understands himself to be a partner with Christ in Christ\u2019s ministry of building up his body. And this ministry, which Christ and Paul have, is uniquely tied to suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                This ministry is not just Christ\u2019s and Paul\u2019s. It\u2019s also yours and mine. So often when we suffer, our temptation is to turn inward, focusing on our own distress. To be fair, there is a place for this. After all, I led this guide with a section on lament. And yet, in order to join Christ and Paul\u2019s ministry of suffering for the building up of the body, you have to think beyond yourself for others\u2019 sake. If you\u2019re not accustomed to caring for others amid your own trouble, let me encourage you to start today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I remember talking to my grandmother one afternoon, just a few days after learning our baby was gone. She compassionately challenged me to consider how Rachel and I might use our suffering for the good of others. She even suggested that we try and bless another couple in our church who were where we wanted to be\u2014anticipating the arrival of their baby. At first, I brushed her off. \u201cYeah, okay, Grammy. Thanks for that!\u201d Later that week, I met my friend Darren. Darren and his wife, Krystal, had been members of our church for more than a decade and had a large circle of friends. However, since we were new, Darren and Krystal invited my wife and me to dinner. As we passed over the 395 bridge into Virginia on our way to a burger joint in Arlington, Krystal told us that they were expecting their first. Then she told us the due date. My heart sank. She was exactly as far along as Rachel should have been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                For however much I wanted out of the car, I\u2019m sure Rachel wanted out even more. The rest of the evening was okay. They didn\u2019t know about our loss, and we didn\u2019t say anything. When we got back to our apartment, I assumed the evening was a misfire and that we\u2019d find friends elsewhere. However, Darren shortly thereafter reached out to hang out again. I didn\u2019t want to. But I remembered my grandma\u2019s words in the back of my mind and said yes. Over the next six months, we became fast friends with Darren and Krystal. They were generous about including us in their preparation for their son, Sam. Sam is like a nephew to Rachel and me now. I cannot express how much good the Lord did to us through Darren and Krystal, even as we tried to do good to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                If the Lord has allowed suffering to come into your life, my friend, it guarantees that he has reasons for it that go beyond you. What a blessing that God intends to use you. So, as he does, give him glory. Join Paul and rejoice in your sufferings, which are for the building up of the body. Listen to James and count it all joy when you suffer. It\u2019s not wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Reflection questions: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  \n
                1. What is the relationship between your suffering, Christ\u2019s suffering, and the suffering of other Christians in your life?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                2. Is there anyone you think the Lord is leading you to encourage or come alongside amid their trials?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                3. How can you start giving God glory for how he has allowed you to suffer?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                4. What prayer requests can you share with your mentor\/mentee specific to loving others with your story?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                  Conclusion:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

                  If you live long enough, life will eventually fall apart. It\u2019s going to get tough. You\u2019re going to lose. You\u2019re going to hurt. You\u2019re going to fall down. The good news? God has provided everything you need in Jesus and in his people in order to persevere. So, lament before him. Learn more about God\u2019s character and allow his character to inform your suffering. Lean on God and on his people. And lastly, love others who are suffering similarly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  About the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                  Taylor Hartley serves as the editorial director at 9Marks<\/em> in Washington, D.C. He is married to his wife, Rachel, and together they have one son, Bode. Taylor earned his M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is currently working on his Th.M. at London Seminary in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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