At the end of every podcast, we like to ask our guests to share what God has been teaching them in this season of life. This week’s guest is Lara Casey. She what she had to say about what God is showing her through her present trials.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
    his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness. - Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV

I'm hearing a lot from God lately. And I think that times of trial can do that. They can open our ears. It is a beautiful gift in the midst of this truly awful time.

But one section of scripture has come to mind very often is Lamentations 3. I think we are all in a time of lament. We're grieving the loss of life as we knew it. We're grieving the loss of businesses as we knew it, of business models, as we knew them. And we're having to re-imagine things.

And in Lamentations, the writer starts to speak about how he's lost faith and is feeling like he's grinding gravel in his teeth and really at the bottom of the pit. I mean, you can just imagine that visual coming to life and you're grinding gravel in your mouth. That's about what some of life feels like sometimes, right?

And I think especially for us as business leaders, as people of God, there's a heavy weight on us in some ways. But how light that weight becomes when we do what the scripture says and Lamentations 3:21-23 says, “But I call this to mind and therefore I have hope. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercy has never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.”

So I just love how scripture allows us to lament. It allows us to grieve. It allows us to wrestle. And yet, when we are intentional about calling our hope to mind, we not only get that ourselves, but we get to give it back to other people.

Listen to Lara’s full podcast episode here.