Psalm 79: What To Do When Disaster Strikes

Disaster doesn’t ask permission. One day you’re fine, the next you’re staring at a mess you don’t know how to clean up. Psalm 79 is a prayer written from that exact place, with Jerusalem in ruins and God’s people overwhelmed by grief, loss, and the shame of being mocked. We read the Psalm aloud and let its honesty give us words for our own moments of crisis, when we don’t have polished faith, just a desperate need for God to move. We also talk about the uncomfortable backstory behind this Ps...