That title is not a misprint. I’m guessing that you’ve heard a lot of preaching about God forgiving you. For that matter, you’ve probably also heard a lot about you forgiving others. But when was the last time you heard anything about you forgiving God? “Never,” you say? Then pull up a chair and let’s talk about it.
Maybe a spouse died. Maybe a child died. Maybe a test result came back bad. Maybe a surgery didn’t produce the desired results. Maybe a marriage never happened. Maybe one ended in divorce. Maybe a job was lost. Maybe a business went bust. Maybe a terrible injustice occurred. Maybe a dream turned into a nightmare. Whatever it was that happened (or didn’t happen) to you, all you know is that you prayed your guts out for God to come through for you but He came up small, very small. At least that’s your assessment of what happened.
And you’ve heard the well-intentioned advice of family, friends, and colleagues. “You need to get over this.” “You have to move on with your life.” “You’ve dwelt on this long enough.” “It’s time to let this go.” For your part, though, such words fall upon deaf ears. Why? Well, allow me to suggest that you just flat out aren’t ready to move on. Furthermore, let me also suggest that you and your situation have unfinished business, some of which involves you forgiving the God whom you think failed you.
If you do feel disappointment or anger toward God, the chances are that you’ve expressed it by attempting to get back at Him. Basically, you’ve tried to hurt Him the way you believe He has hurt you. Such attempts at revenge usually take the form of quitting church, failing to pray, letting dust collect on your Bible, purposefully engaging in some sin, or any and all of the above. These things (and some others I didn’t list) are your way of saying to God, “Hey, if You didn’t care about doing what I wanted You to do for me, why should I care about doing what You want me to do for You?”
One of the great problems with the thousands of “Christianity lite,” “health-and-wealth,” “prosperity,” “self help” sermons that pass for preaching these days is that they only convey one side of God’s nature. These sermons tell you over and over that God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that you can ask or think. They tell you that He is an all-powerful God who never met a problem that He couldn’t fix. They tell you that your miracle is on its way. What they don’t tell you is that God being able to do something doesn’t mean that He will do it, and Him having the power to fix a problem doesn’t always translate to Him fixing it. And as for your miracle being on its way, well, let’s just say that some miracles evidently get lost in the mail.
I’m talking now to the person, even the Christian, who had faith that God was going to save your day, only to discover that He opted not to do it. Mary and Martha received their miracle when Lazarus was resurrected, but you didn’t get yours. Jesus walked on the water to keep the chosen 12’s boat from sinking, but you rode yours all the way down to the bottom. David felled his Goliath, but your Goliath body-slammed you, put his foot in the middle of your chest, raised his sword in victory over you, and has been enjoying the accolades ever since.
I truly believe that God has you reading this right now because He doesn’t want you to abort the work He is doing inside you in the aftermath of your traumatic event. While He’s not asking you to put on a fake smile and act like nothing happened to you, He does want you to stick with Him. Rather than burying your disappointment/anger toward Him and cutting off all communications, He wants you to acknowledge that disappointment/anger and convey your emotions to Him by way of prayer. His offer to you is, “Let’s talk about what you are feeling toward Me, and in so doing begin the process of bringing you out the other end of it.
Of course, it’s along about here that someone might say, “But who are we to second-guess God? He is the Creator and we are mere dust. He doesn’t have to explain Himself to us. And since He cannot sin, He never makes a mistake and therefore never needs to be forgiven.”
My comeback to that is that it’s possible for a person (or God) to disappoint someone or anger someone without actually committing a sin or making a mistake. You see, the disappointment or anger occurs within the mind of the person who considers himself or herself the victim. So, even as God remains authentically innocent of any charges the person might level toward Him, He is gracious enough not to take offense at the charges. Even more than not take offense at them, He’s loving enough to actually come to the person and say, “Let me help you take what you’re feeling and weave it into a deeper experience with Me than you’ve ever had.”
Actually, the Bible provides us with numerous examples of people who became disappointed/angry with God. Here are a few names from that list:
- After patiently waiting for years for God to give him and his wife Sarah a child, Abraham finally expressed the disappointment/anger he was feeling toward God about the delay. (Genesis 15:1-3)
- After Moses had been leading the Israelites for a while, there came a time when he expressed his disappointment/anger toward God because of all the problems that were associated with leading such a group. He even told God, “If you are going to keep treating me like this, please kill me now.” (Numbers 11:10-15)
- David got mad at God for striking Uzzah dead when Uzzah touched the Ark of the Covenant as it was being transported to Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 6:1-8)
- Jonah got mad at God for sparing the citizens of Nineveh. As a matter of fact, he got so mad that he asked God to kill him. (Jonah 3:10;4:1-4)
- Jeremiah once reached an emotional low point in his ministry and expressed his disappointment/anger toward God by asking Him, “Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will You be to me like an unreliable stream, as waters that fail?” (Jeremiah 15:18)
- John the Baptist became disappointed that Jesus hadn’t ushered in the glorious Messianic Age for Israel yet and even openly questioned whether or not Jesus truly was the Messiah. (Matthew 11:1-3)
- When Jesus first told the chosen 12 that He was going to Jerusalem in order to be put to death there, Peter took Him aside and actually rebuked Him for saying it. (Matthew 16:21-22)
If you think that all of these servants of the Lord didn’t have to work through these complicated feelings they were feeling toward Him, you don’t have the first clue about human nature. It’s not that these men didn’t understand that God is sovereign, holy, and doesn’t make mistakes. The problem they all had was that their emotions didn’t ask for permission to pop up inside them. That is how we humans are wired. Instinctually, we feel what we feel, and even though self-control can prevent us from expressing those feelings or acting upon them, what self-control cannot do is change the feelings themselves.
This is where the admittedly strange idea of forgiving God comes into play. Staying disappointed in Him or mad at Him is your choice, but that mindset will never get you to a better place spiritually. At some point, you’re going to have to enter into some uncommon times of prayer with Him, prayers in which you vent all that toxic stuff that is bubbling inside you. Trust me, God can take it. If He took it from Abraham, Moses, David, Jonah, Jeremiah, John the Baptist, and Peter, He can take it from you. Then, once you are finished with your venting — and that might require numerous rounds of prayer — you and God can begin to rebuild the fellowship between the two of you. Afterward, once that fellowship has been rebuilt to an adequate extent, the two of you can start to rebuild your “followship” to walk hand in hand with your fellowship.
Am I saying that any of this process is easy? Certainly not. The truth is that it’s so hard that many people never complete it and consequently spend the rest of their lives disappointed/angry with God. Others try to race through the process like it’s some kind of speed course and consequently fail to glean its full benefits. Neither outcome is desirable.
But then there are those precious few who slowly, carefully, methodically put in the time and effort to max out the course and in so doing reach an intimate fellowship with God that is deeper and more multilayered than any they ever planned to have with Him. These are the people who understand God about as fully as He can be understood, and they incorporate that understanding into ministry. In particular, they are able to counsel others who find themselves disappointed/angry with God.
I won’t close this post by asking you to become such a counselor — that would require you yourself to first become disappointed/angry with God, and I wouldn’t wish that on anybody — but I will close it by asking you to become such a counselor if you’ve lived firsthand what I’ve described in the preceding paragraphs. In case you haven’t figured it out yet, I myself am in that group, and so what I’ve written here has been my attempt to be that kind of counselor. As for how God uses all this in the lives of others, I guess I’ll just leave that to Him.
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Interesting topic and enjoyable as always. This touches on the Providence of God and therefore far beyond my pay grade. The Parable of the Sower comes to mind while reading this blog for some reason. All struggle in this wicked world…I wish this wasn’t so but for Christians it is a constant struggle. Forgiving God is the least of my problems….dying to self and fully trusting him is a different story for me and I suspect many others. When I encounter life’s many curveballs I fall back to Joseph and his benevolence which God gave him. Thanks for blog which made me stop and think today. Blessing.
I’ve often marveled at how Joseph didn’t get disappointed or mad at God despite all that he had to endure. He was surely cut from different cloth than me. I find more in common with the Israelites, who were always griping and grumbling about something. Anyway, thanks for reading and commenting. Stopping and thinking is usually a good thing. lol
It is reassuring that I’m not the only one who has had the feelings you described. This is just what I needed and I must say, the most well written “sermon” on this subject. Glad God gave you these words.
Thanks Christy. I hate that you’ve been there yourself. It sure ain’t a fun place to be.
Your last comment might be debatable….Ted Williams once said (if memory serves), “If you don’t think too well, then don’t think too much”. Haha.
Touche.
This blessed me, I was crying out wounded when i stumbled on this page and found the strength to let out some of my anger. The tears flowed and while there is still more left to process I feel God heard me and I Him. Thank you for this
Niki, I’m so glad that you “stumbled on this page” and it helped you let out some of your anger. I wrote this post for people like you (and me). Blessings.
Totally awesome!! This describes me exactly at this season in my life. Really needed this. Thank God for His Grace.
Thank you, Rodney. I hate that you needed it, but I’m glad it was a help to you.
Wow, did I ever need this incredibly encouraging article – a true Godsend. Very well written. After my latest tirade at God it feels like I drove Him away, at a time of great challenge, when I need Him the most.
But now, I have a template in how to reach out to Him and process the anger and frustration, and move forward, knowing He’s dealt with this before, and that He won’t give up on me. Thank you so very much for this article.
I’m glad the post was a blessing to you, Brian. Yes, your situation won’t be the first time that God has dealt with the type of anger and frustration that you are experiencing. My prayer is that you will work through all of it together with Him and come out the other end of it a deeper, more mature Christian. God bless.
Thank you for this scripturally accurate response to a question that I am sure many of us believers have had. It was a great help to me in this moment of my 15 year walk with our Lord.
You’re welcome. I’m sorry that you needed the topic, but I’m glad the post was a blessing to you. And thanks for taking the time to comment.
After venting my anger towards God and crying tonight, I had to google whether there are Bible characters who had done it before and I found your post. It seems everything is against me and things are not working..
Thank you so much for this..
You’re very welcome.
Thanks for writing this. It’s nice to know I’m not a total heretic for being angry with God. It has been a very long, trying, disappointing 2+ years.
As I always tell people about this topic, Pat, I hate that you needed the post but I’m glad it was a blessing to you.
This is so good. I have a sister and a friend that these will be good for. Do you have any other posts like the one about forgiving God? Or do you have a book along these lines?
Jennifer, I’ve written so many posts that I myself can’t even remember them all. But right now I can’t think of another one that deals with this same topic. And, no, I don’t a book on the topic, either. Sorry,
Hey I know I’m like 4 years late lol, but I literally just repented in anger to God, I didn’t sin in anger but I expressed how i felt with my struggle with masturbation and constantly praying and reading my bible everyday sometimes feeling like Im not getting help. Feeling like I keep giving in because of the pleasure, sometimes I call onto Jesus and flee but them it comes right back again making me feel like I’m tempted beyond my ability which makes me eventually give into the temptation because i felt like i already fled it already like why am i being tempted beyond my ability you know? I know it says God is faithful and he won’t let that happen. But it just felt like it to be honest and I just expressed at him and towards him, why is the Christian walk so hard sometimes? just venting to him. And I’ve just layed down researching to see if getting angry at God was the right thing, and I’ve seen this. I thank you so much because I was wondering who am I to get angry at God but remembered that these servants as well struggled just as us, I’m 17 years old and it’s difficult in a society like this so i thank you for this wonderful message!
I’m glad the post was a blessing to you. Joseph. And thank you for being so bluntly honest about your situation. I found that quite refreshing. Keep plugging along with God and let him bring you out the other end of it all.
Thank you Pastor, this really helped me. 🙂❤️
Thank you. Writing it helped me.
Dear Pastor
Thanks so much for having the courage to share this.
its not a typical post for sure.
Buts it’s certainly honest and most likely born from true and testing and raw experiences that God has allowed into your life.
Perhaps dome may judge it, being unaware of the truth that Christ tests some people differently than themselves .
Yes before one see the log in your eyes, they should remember that there is one or two in their own.
Maybe some people go through things that make other lives look like the proverbial afternoon picnic in the park.
It happens.
Great men of God and faith have great tests.
Perhaps what some see as the penultimate problems are in truth a liesuely stroll.l through strawberry fields in Central park.
Not everyone is Moses, Abram or David.
Maybe God does let us experience things beyond what we can bare? Why else would we have to ask God for help?
in any case, thanks again for reassuring God’s children that it may not be a crime or sin to get angry with our Creator.
it may not be a pleasant experience but it can certainly be justified in my humble experience..
And I wish to comfort those in a similar position to not get down on themselves for such anger and resentment but rather acknowledge all the times you have remained faithful and patient in trusting 1 Christ when so many others would have thrown in the proverbial cards already.
in essence dear Lord gives those who are doing their absolute best and find themselves still tossing and turning in bed, a little more peace and reassurememt. Not too much too ask for… surely.
Sincerely
A genuinely devout and dedicated but confused servant of yours dear Lord. And a man so hoping that so many others take comfort that they are not alone in their battles. And that even if God isn’t helping as much as He seemingly can, He reassures you as much as possible in every way possible that He is.
And all the people said…Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment, David. God bless.
It is great to encourage others to express their thoughts and feelings to God. I think that at some point a person can be pushed too far by God’s inaction to the point of becoming a misotheist: a person who hates Him. Why would a person hate God? The immediate reactor usually says that a person lacks faith or hope. However, a brilliant study on misotheism showed a deeper cause for this phenomenon. In my Icase, my anger stemmed from a combination of dimensions of my life that resulted in similar disasters.
In my vocational life, I was told by Christian deans, family, pastors, and professors that God put my desire to become a professor on my heart. I attended four colleges and universities, with two of them being devoutly Christian. Roberts Wesleyan College was a Free Methodist school in upstate New York, and Regent University is located in Virginia. I studied hard on qualitative and quantitative methods, exegetical methods, organization and leadership theory, and adult education. I was required to quote Scripture in all of my courses. The faculty and God knew why I attended doctoral school, and He knew that I prayed to Him hundreds of times for success in professorship and my livelihood. He also knew that I came to Him to find a future wife and make a family. I published several articles and book chapters dedicated to His name. They told me that God was faithful and that He would not let me down.
Fast forward to 2025: after 300 online applications for professorship, I discovered that academe abuses its faculty in both secular and Christian schools. More than 70% of faculty operate on an adjunct basis which requires them to supplement their income with other work that they may be overqualified for and underpaid. God knew this fact the whole time I studied, and He did not prevent my dream from falling into the burning pool of swarming adjuncts begging for courses. Meanwhile, the rising tuition revenues serve the upper execs and administrative members and campus building plans, similarly to for-profit organizations. The impact of disillusionment hit me harder than a ton of bricks when I hid from my student loan debt and saw that the likelihood of becoming a full-time professor was similar to becoming an NBA player. Surely God knows how to overcome any odds, but He does not verify if He will provide such a favor, and He does not explain why or why not. I am in this dark pit right now, and I am tired of the platitudes that Christians often rely on to explain God’s apparent inaction, unwillingness, or His loud silence. Platitudes are generic statements that are repeated so often that they lose their effectiveness. For example, when a Christian relies on phrases like “God works everything for the good” or “God loves you” constantly, those phrases begin to become circular and empty. Will those phrases help a grieving mother who miscarried after praying in His name for a healthy child? Of course not. How about a grieving father who begged God to save his son from dying due to a hospital malpractice, only to watch the mother mourn over the son as his soul slipped away anyway? Well, my situation is that God left my goal to fall by the wayside as many others who studied so hard to achieve the same vision. He watched me study hard on campuses, praise His name, convert others, preach His gospel, challenge atheists, and publish Christian literature. And what is my result? Shame on you for pursuing professorship, sir. You picked the wrong career choice. It is amazing how many Christians suddenly changed their responses from “God will see it through” to “that’s your problem now”. Their reactions validated one of the atheistic claims by Bertrand Russell: Christians often fail to show the empathy and compassion they claim the Holy Spirit provides. A psychiatrist called this phenomenon “shooting the wounded.”
Regarding my desire for marriage, I tried to marry again after two previous engagements to liberal women. When I became Catholic, my leaders advised me to pray novenas to Saint Jude for romantic intercessions, including venerations to Mary. I prayed the rosary multiple times and the divine chaplet. And they advised me to create a profile on Catholic Match. I met my third fiance there after I finished my novenas. Once again, my hope became alive as I traveled two hours each weekend to visit her and her family. I asked God to communicate whether or not she was the answer to my prayers. Throughout those years, I suffered much mental and emotional torment from liberal women in workplaces during the Trump presidency. I could not hold a job while I finished my PhD. My embarrassment grew stronger to her and her family. And I could not land a job in my graduate field of HR despite prayers for that request, too. Instead, I hopped from one office to another while watching over my shoulders. After four years of that continued result, I landed an adjunct role online that provided some income after I submitted grades. I landed a satisfactory job in a secular university just before the pandemic started. That job was not academic though, and it did not provide enough income to support a wife and family. While serving two universities, my annual income never exceeded $43,000. After enough emasculating insults from my ex and her family, I ended the relationship and told her to pawn the rings and wedding bands. She bought a house on her own a month later. When I confronted my Catholic leaders about this tragic result, they had no logical explanations. Protestants also had no logical conclusions regarding why my prayers to God often led to disillusionment. First it was disillusionment about my career, and now about an engagement that almost led to a wedding. And what was a common platitude then? “oh, just gotta have more faith.”
In 2022, I thanked God for opening the door to the secular university so that maybe I could teach there. But, I was about to experience more disillusionment there that would lead to check garnishments because of taxes due on waivered tuition that exceeded $5,000 in the same academic year. It was there that I learned about wokeism and the reverse effects of extreme feminism on white men in academe. After challenging a guest speaker for calling me a member of the privileged class, the DEI dean ghosted me after promising to let me help form a school with her on reformative justice. The director directly told me to abstain from teaching there because of the reverse discrimination being committed toward conservative white males. Other faculty expressed their stories about men being ostracized and even forced from their offices by liberal women who dominated advisory boards. Once again, my praise to God looked foolish. I already experienced enough discrimination from women in the offices. I did not need to thank God for a same result in the field I pursued. I needed Him to open the door to the right place so I could finally thrive, prosper, find meaning in my labor, and make a decent living. God knew that all along. But, He did not come through. He acted more like a quiet father hiding in the bushes with no voice while His son suffered, begging for Dad to intervene for decades.
Today, I still serve those two universities even though I search for a better paying job. I voice my anger at Him every day. Of course, His silence fills the air. After the exhaustion of trying for years, I stopped begging for courses and stopped searching for that professorship. I spend my energy searching for remote positions in claims, insurance, or other fields. But, I show my contempt for Him through my refusal to pray, to give thanks, to read Scripture, or to attend church. When people ask why, I explain my experiences. In two more years, my student loan debt will be cleaned by PSLF for serving non-profit organizations. My degrees may remain on my wall, and I might keep some of the many books I read on my bookshelves. But, the likelihood of having that family I sought with my heart and soul is low considering my current age and still my struggle to find a job with good pay with all of my degrees. I have more luck consulting with consultants and job boards than I do with prayers. I also conceal my PhD so recruiters will not react negatively. And to imagine that God stood silent the whole time for that degree, and allowed the evil to persevere when my turn came leaving me shocked, disillusioned again, and without enough income again to become a suitable husband to a third fiance? Yet, He provided for nonbelievers and others who relied on Him. I am not saying that God picks on me, but I am saying that He refused too often and silently which led to recurring suffering, failure, undeserved injustice, and reopening of wounds. A relationship with such a loving deity should not be so traumatic and fruitless.
At this time, I rely on His body and blood for my salvation. But, I see that He cares more about salvation and martyrdom than temporal things no matter how hard we work and beg for them. “Give away your possessions, take your cross, and follow me.” That is the message of ancient Christianity, not born-again prosperity sermons filled with hopes of capitalistic wealth and the American dream. Maybe God should try speaking up a little louder so we can be reminded of how indifferent He is toward personal ambitions for temporal wins. If Protestants are right, then God is saying “I gave you a book. Here, read it.” If Catholics are right, then God could be saying “be my martyr and serve me to the point of death. When you weep for loss and suffer continuously, be thankful and ask for tolerance to bare it.” Either way, the image of an all-loving father does not surface.
I hope that my readers can empathize and not judge or criticize like many Christians do. I want others to know about my intolerable suffering which God does, in fact, have some responsibility for. Whether or not He will accept accountability is on Him. But, the Scriptures show how even the demons answer to Him before they intervene, from Job to Luke’s Gospel. So, I am done asking Him for help. He stood silent, and He allowed perpetually. What happens now is between me and the world. An unwilling father who acts that way perpetually does not convey an image I accept.
You say, “…I see that He cares more about salvation and martyrdom than temporal things…” I have to admit, there’s a whole lot of New Testament to back up that assertion.
In John 6:60-69, a large crowd of casual followers (not true believers) leave “the Jesus movement” when Christ’s teachings turn hard and confusing. It is at that point that Jesus turns to His chosen 12 and asks, “Do you also want to go away?” Peter, in one of the greatest utterances of His life, speaks for the whole group when he says, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” The point is, even though Jesus’ words and ways can be downright confusing at times, there really is no one else or nothing else that is worthy of our devotion and service. So, while I don’t pretend to know why He has either led you down some confusing, disappointing paths or at least allowed you to go down them, I do know that Jesus is the only one who ever died on a cross for your sins. Therefore, that is the image of God I would point you toward. If He died for you, He must love you.
To Prior Christian Scholar: Somehow, I feel compelled to respond to your poignant comment and to let you know I have been praying for you. I’m not offering platitudes, and don’t think that I am being critical, judgmental, or downplaying your heartfelt disillusionment, disappointment, and frustration. All I can offer you is my own personal testimony. Having trusted Jesus as my Savior many years ago and as a young child, I had a great deal to learn about the grown-up world of disappointments and sinful entanglements, and I’m ashamed to say that I have failed Him so many times, but He has never once failed me. Has life been a picnic? No. Have I experienced chastisement? Painfully, yes. Yet, He was always there lovingly holding my hand, teaching and growing me. Only He knows the number of lessons and repeat courses, that are still ongoing. Through it all, true to his promise, He has never left or forsaken me, and I know He never will. I’ve found myself in that dark pit you describe many times, but I’m so thankful that He has never left me there. And I know he doesn’t want you living there either.
The health-wealth narrative of the gospel that is so popular is appealing, but in my humble opinion, it’s simply not depicted in the New Testament. The Christian life is not always easy, and anyone who says it is hasn’t lived it very long. If that’s our goal, then we are sure to be disappointed. But the true prosperity gospel is found there. Just read the 1st chapter of Ephesians for instance and imagine having “every spiritual blessing found in Christ,” even here and now, and then the blessed hope of spending eternity with Him in heaven. This world is not the Christian’s true home, and even if we live to be 100, it’s nothing compared to eternity.
One thing that I’ve witnessed is how the Lord can take a seemingly discombobulated set of experiences and circumstances and bring them together like puzzle pieces to accomplish His will in someone’s life. But we have to bring them to Him (1 Peter 5:7), then join Him as He invites us to do in Matthew 11:28-30. Then, there you have it: Romans 8:28. It’s written all over my life and so many others, and I know He wants to write it all over yours as well. (I didn’t say I wouldn’t mention scripture).
I just want to encourage you to not give up. Instead, look up, and begin the healing process. It sounds as though you have many great pieces of the puzzle to your credit already. Russell has a post entitled “Good vs. Best” that came to my mind as I read your words. If you enter “pulling up a well pump” in the categories, you will find it. He also has a series entitled “Stopping Short” that might be helpful.
One final observation: Three failed engagements are surely less painful than one messy divorce or a bad marriage. A loving Heavenly Father knows that.
Looking for “bible character that is angry with God” to understand my feelings on my current situation. I am thankful to God for you for writing this ahead of time before I get to experience this hardships I am facing right now. I need to deal this with God alone.
My prayer is that God will help you work through the process and come out the other end of it with a strengthened faith in Him.
Wow I just stumbled across this page in article, (but as we know not by accident,)this really hit home to me and it is what I have been looking for. I am angry at God. God brought a man into my life that made me happy only nine months later to take him away from me by death and no, I’m not gonna say that I understand the suffering and all that because I don’t, but I know deep deal on God is good and I do think about everything that Jesus went through for you and me all the suffering in the pain that he went through, but I want to know why why why why why it I’m confused I don’t understand I’m hurt. I’m in despair. I say this to say thank you so much for taking the time to provide articles like this.
Thank you for reading and commenting. I don’t know why either, but I hope you will stick with the Lord through all of your confusion and anger. In John 6:60-68, after the multitudes have left Jesus because of some confusing things He had said and done, He turns to His apostles and says, “Will you go away, too?” Peter replies, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” I often think about Peter’s response. If it wasn’t the greatest thing he ever said, it was certainly on a short list of his greatest quotes. As maddening and perplexing as God can be at times, there really is no one else to turn to that can speak to the issues of this life and the afterlife with genuine authority. He has the market cornered on that, and that’s why it’s best to stay with Him even when you are furious at Him.