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What not to say about divine will and child loss

My neighbor said 'God only gives you what you can handle' after my toddler drowned and I have thought about those words every day for three months.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Attributing unbearable loss to divine wisdom can shatter faith and compound suffering.

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