First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/lamenting-in-marriage/ Marriage, in its purest form, is a lifelong, covenant relationship between one man, one woman, and God. It is meant to be a loving, intimate, and selfless relationship that involves spiritual, emotional, and physical closeness. The…
The Prayer of an Aged Believer: Psalm 71
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/the-prayer-of-an-aged-believer-psalm-71/ Most Bible commentators believe this is a psalm of David and is his prayer and trust in God during his later years under the crisis of his son Absalom’s rebellion. Since there is no title and…
Are You a Good Complainer?
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/are-you-a-good-complainer/ At first glance complaining appears to be nothing but negative. If someone were to put a glass of water in front of you filled up halfway, what would you see? Would you see a glass half…
How Lamenting Leads to Spiritual and Mental Growth
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/how-lamenting-leads-to-spiritual-and-mental-growth/ When practicing the skill of lamenting it leads to spiritual and mental growth. You may be asking how is this so? To engage in lamenting, you eventually start to answer certain questions that tell you where…
Teaching Teens to Lament
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/teaching-teens-to-lament/ Our initial reaction to teens needing to learn how to lament may be incredulity. What do teenagers need to lament about? What significant loss could they be experiencing that would benefit from deep processing and require…
Lament: Bringing Our Complaints to God
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5527&action=edit&classic-editor “Life begins with tears; it’s simply part of what it means to be human—to cry is human” (Vroegop, 2019, p. 25). Life is indeed messy. It is part of the human condition to experience pain,…
Why Grieve Childhood Trauma?
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/why-grieve-childhood-trauma/ While not everyone can boast of having an idyllic childhood, neither do most people prefer to point out their parents’ flaws. Many cultures (including Christians) might consider remembrance of negative childhood events as disloyal or dishonoring…
Lament: A Pathway to Forgiveness
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/lament-a-pathway-to-forgiveness/ As Christians, we know that we are to forgive, although it is not always easy. The scripture that usually comes to mind regarding forgiveness, is Peters question to Jesus, how many times to forgive a brother…
The Lament of Unfulfilled Dreams: Infertility & Pregnancy Loss
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/the-lament-of-unfulfilled-dreams-infertility-pregnancy-loss/ What is the first thought that enters your mind when you think of grief/loss? Perhaps the parent you lost to cancer or the friend to or your marriage ended in divorce. These are tangible losses that…
The Prayer of the Troubled Heart
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/the-prayer-of-the-troubled-heart/ “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up;…
Happy Easter!
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/happy-easter-3/ SureHope Counseling & Training Centerwants to wish you and your family a very blessed Easter! As you probably know, SureHope is focusing on the spiritual and psychological aspects of lamenting this year. So, what does a…
Lamenting: A Pathway to Restoration after Sexual Sin
First posted to: https://surehopecounseling.com/lamenting-a-pathway-to-restoration-after-sexual-sin/ A Look at King David’s Lament after his Sexual Sin with Bathsheba For the past 25 years I have ministered and provided counseling to men helping restore them to God and their families as both a…