Lamentations 2:3

Most likely written by the prophet Jeremiah, Lamentations is a collection of poems mourning the siege of Jerusalem and the coming exile of Judah. Despite the wickedness of God’s people that led to their captivity, the writer reminds his readers the loyal love and mercy of the Lord are truly new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). Even in deep darkness, God is our portion, our hope, and our salvation.

Lamentations in the Old Testament chronicles the prophet Jeremiah’s mourning as his hometown, Jerusalem, lies in ruins due to his people’s sin. The “daughter of Zion” once prized by God is destroyed. In this six-day devotional, Chantelle Hobbs—a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary—pairs Jeremiah’s emotional prose with lyrical laments expressed in the Spirituals of her forerunners in the faith. Included are original recordings of the songs.

Between Friday's crucifixion and Sunday's resurrection sits Saturday — sealed tombs, locked doors, extinguished hope, silence from heaven. The disciples don't know it's only one day. They know only that everything has ended on a cross. Most of us know Holy Saturday. Not the calendar day — but the experience of it. The space between promise and fulfillment. Between what God said and what you can currently see. This plan is not a collection of reassurances. It is a theological reframing of the dark middle itself — and a case, made from Scripture, that you are not alone in it.