**Intact Gift Giving Condition book**

It gives us space to admit the struggle: though the defiant joy of Christ’s victory is ours, it came at an unimaginably great cost; though our salvation is sealed forever, we still face mortality, indwelling sin, and a fallen world. Lent is the forty days that Christians have historically set aside to prepare for Easter through repentance and renewal. But there is more to this struggle. If we who have hope are to pause for a season to lament sin and death, then should we not also lament for those who have no hope?