an act of mercy in order to drive us back to Him. His judgments were calculated to ensure our continued frailty and dependence so that His now-fallen and rebellious creation would be driven back to reliance upon Him. By introducing difficulty into human life, God heightened humanity’s sense of vulnerability while at the same time introduced a hunger and thirst for significance and meaning that only He could supply. Think about it this way. If money really satisfied, how many of us would continue to