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I Cry Unto You, O Lord : Poems of Lament
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About I Cry Unto You, O Lord : Poems Of Lament
Product Description During a season of intense suffering, Sarah wrote, painted, planted and did whatever she could to seek God's face and cultivate beauty for ashes. The poems she wrote to express the cries of her heart are offered here in the hopes of providing language to others who suffer. As a young wife and mother of two small children, Sarah underwent two back surgeries in five years, recovered from PPD, wrestled with insomnia, and recovered from concussions and other injuries. Her laments, like the psalms of David, honestly express feelings, questions, and desires to God. Organized into four categories--Pain, Beauty, Christ, and Wonder--the plaintive but hope-filled free verse covers the spectrum of admiration, praise, confession and supplication, as well as lament. The text is interspersed with Sarah's original, evocative paintings and photos. This collection breathes worship. May it offer comfort to others who find themselves in a difficult place of waiting for answers, for relief, and for miracles. INTERVIEW WITH SARAH: Sarah, as a talented person you have worn many hats. Give us a brief summary of your work as an artist, an architectural designer, an illustrator, and a poet. Sarah: As an artist, I hunt for beauty. I delight in light, texture and detail. I discipline my eyes to seek things worthy of praise despite the conditions or environment. As a poet, I write about truth and beauty. I write about suffering and seeing. I write about Christ. As an architectural designer, having graduated from Ball State University in 2008 with a Masters in Architecture, I have practiced in several firms, specializing in design, imagery, planning, and problem solving. I still prefer a pencil in my hand and a piece of paper in front of me. As an illustrator, I primarily use pencil, ink and watercolor to develop images that evoke a memory, atmospheric condition, or just pure silliness. You live in Chicago. Have you always been a city girl? Sarah: I grew up a country girl, raised on a farm in northern Indiana. I can still picture the sun setting on the wheat, the fireflies rising from the grass. My bare toes and fingers often explored apple trees, straw bales, and soft kittens. Now I live in an urban jungle, atop my neighbors Now I explore with my shoes on alleys, community gardens, and gelato shops. What have you learned from this change of lifestyle/environment? Sarah: That God is with us wherever go, whether that be rural, urban or foreign! As C.S. Lewis says so sharply in Letters to Malcolm: "Gratitude exclaims... 'How good of God to give me this.' Adoration says, 'What must be the quality of that Being whose far-off and momentary coruscations are like this!' One's mind runs back up the sunbeam to the sun." l love sunbeams--they are present everywhere, continually reminding me to look up at the source, my God and my King. May your heartfelt poetry and art, and your sensitive, well-trained eye and ear, lift many people's vision to the Sunbeams! Review '[Sarah's poetry] is fully incarnated in concrete imagery. I like the transparency of feeling, and the words and lines flow beautifully.' -- Leland Ryken, English Professor, Wheaton College, and author of A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible 'These poems reflect the lament, transparency and hope of the Psalms.' --Donna Crum, Global Team, Park Community Church, Chicago 'Sarah gives voice to the rawness and reality of life that so many of us feel yet are not able to express.' --Jackson Crum, head pastor, Park Community Church, Chicago About the Author My process is one 'in process.' I typically write in the midst of pain or waiting, with metaphors that lead me to Christ. As I write, my vision widens and I remember the scripture of my youth, the truth of who God is: my mighty Savior. The poems in this, my first volume of poetry, were inspired by Ann Voskamp's 1000 Gifts, Timothy Keller's Reflections on the Psalms, and Oswald Chambers's daily devoti
