Most of us will have faced that most delicate situation of meeting
a person who is suffering. We tend to go down one of two different
avenues. One is to offer well-intentioned advice - often in the
form of well-worn cliches that the person will have heard several
times before. The other is not to say anything at all - risking the
danger of leaving the person under the impression that God has no
idea what is going on and is unable to help. How are we to
understand suffering and its place in our lives? Should we try and
rationalise it away, trying to come up with a solution that sits as
comfortably as possible? Surely we should look to Scripture first?
This is what Walter Kaiser does here. Looking at the Old Testament
book of Lamentations Kaiser does not offer any easy solutions - but
rather shows us how a Sovereign and Loving God can work through
even the most painful moments. "In the book of Lamentations, more
than perhaps anywhere else except for its individualistic
expression in the book of Job, we are led into an experience of
suffering and communal pain on a scale seldom endured by many
individuals or nations. All too frequently the subject of suffering
is avoided, or the realities of human pathos and divine involvement
are minimized. Lamentations will not yield to any of these cheap
'cures'. Instead of panaceas, it will direct us to the faithfulness
and gracious character of God." Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.
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