It would be a very sharp and trying experience to me to think that I have an affliction which God never sent me, that the bitter cup was never filled by his hand, that my trials were never measured out by him, nor sent to me by his arrangement of their weight and quantity. -spurgeon

abandonment is not a option for God, nor a true conclusion for us to make when the storm tears us down. rather we pray the words of our stay, save us from the time of trial. and deliver us from evil. amen