Lament is how you live between the poles of a hard life and trusting God's goodness. It is how we bring our sorrow to God, and it is a neglected dimension of the Christian life for a great many believers who have been given no permission to grieve out loud.

Mark Vroegop argues that we need to recover the practice of honest spiritual struggle which allows us to vocalize our pain and wrestle with our sorrow. Lament avoids trite answers and quick solutions, and moves a sufferer progressively toward deeper worship and trust. The book works through the psalms of lament and the book of Lamentations, with pastoral application throughout.