Lament & Grief — Soul Reflection Guide
Psalm 34:18
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Worksheet · Grief & Loss · Psalm 34:18
"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." — Psalm 34:18
Grief is not something to be fixed or hurried. It is the appropriate response to real loss. This guide invites you — in the tradition of the biblical lament psalms — to speak honestly to God about what you have lost, without rushing toward resolution.
Step 1 — Name the Loss
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What have you lost? Be as specific and complete as you can.
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Beyond the most obvious loss, what else has changed? What secondary losses came with the primary one?
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What did the thing or person you lost mean to you — what role did it play in your sense of safety, identity, or hope?
1. What have you lost? Be as specific and complete as you can.
2. Beyond the most obvious loss, what else has changed? What secondary losses came with the primary one?
3. What did the thing or person you lost mean to you — what role did it play in your sense of safety, identity, or hope?
Step 2 — Sit with the Weight
1. What does grief feel like in your body? Where do you carry it?
2. What emotions have you noticed — and which ones have been hardest to allow?
3. Have you let yourself actually cry, or lament, or be angry? What has made that difficult?
Step 3 — Address God Honestly
1. If you were to speak to God with complete honesty about this loss — not performing faith, but telling Him the truth — what would you say?
2. What are you confused about regarding God in this season? What feels wrong or unanswered?
3. Read Psalm 22:1–2. Can you pray something like that right now? Write your own version.
Step 4 — Remember Who God Is
1. What have you known to be true about God before this loss? Is that still true?
2. Is there a Scripture that has been meaningful to you — even if you cannot feel it right now? Write it here.
3. What would it mean to trust God in the grief — not around it, but in it?
Step 5 — Small Steps Forward
1. What is one thing you can do today that is an act of care for yourself in the grief?
2. Who is one person who has permission to be with you in this — not to fix it, but to sit with you?
3. What do you need from God right now? Ask for it.
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