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Your Question:
Why did God abandon me in this pain?
Answer:
I've been there, brother. I've walked through the dark valley of depression, and I've come out the other side. I used to think that God's love and plan for my life meant that He would always heal me, that He would always take away my pain. But that's a faulty theology, a lie that Satan whispered in my ear. I thought that if God loved me, He would heal me, and that it didn't take much faith for Him to do so. But that's not how it works. God's love and plan for my life are not about taking away my pain, but about using it to make me stronger, to make me more like Christ. He doesn't cause suffering, but He can use it to bring about good in my life. And when I'm in the midst of that suffering, I need to remember that I'm not alone. I need to remember that God is with me, that He's working in me, even when I don't feel like it. As I look back on that time, I realize that I was expecting too much from God. I was expecting Him to take away my pain, to make everything okay. But that's not what He promised. He promised to be with me, to walk with me through the valley of the shadow of death. And when I finally came to the end of myself, when I finally realized that I couldn't do it on my own, that's when God showed up. He showed up in a way that I never could have imagined, in a way that crushed me, but also made me whole.
Sources:
raising passionate jesus followers
phil diane comer
job
francis andersen
my utmost for his highest
oswald chambers
elemental theology
emery bancroft
systematic theology
wayne grudem
warranted christian belief
alvin plantinga
depression
edward welch
psalms
tremper longman
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