Over and over, Scripture praises Abraham for his faith, and yet he must surely have endured many times with the thought churning in his mind, “If God really loved me he would have given me a son by now. I’m getting too old even to enjoy a child if I had one.”

I can well imagine Joseph thinking, “If God loved me, he wouldn’t have sold me into slavery.” Yet, after year upon year of setbacks, he ended up declaring to his brothers, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good . . .” (Genesis 50:20).

Taken from Wish God Felt Closer?

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