(see Pss. 102, 116, and 121). These same supports are available to us today. When life’s inevitable traumas, catastrophes, and crises threaten to cast us violently upon destructive rocks and shoals, it is personal faith and our worldview (which includes our view of God) that chart the way to safety. Knowing God as the Who behind our circumstances enables us to move beyond the why of our circumstances. Such knowledge doesn’t deny the circumstances or the pain and suffering we may endure, but it does
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