Gratitude and Lament – Christine Valters Paintner

“To praise without acknowledging our pain is a superficial and shallow response to the realities of the world in which we live. To lament without offering gratitude or praise is to unbind ourselves from hope.”
 

—Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, A Midwinter God: Encountering the Divine in Seasons of Darkness
 

How are the songs of gratitude and lament playing out in your life at this moment?
 

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