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When answered prayers become sources of deeper pain

I prayed for years to have a baby and when I finally got pregnant I lost it at six months and now I do not know how to talk to God anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Having hope fulfilled only to be destroyed can make the relationship with the divine feel cruel rather than loving.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Faith and suffering — the theodicy question?”

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