Does God ever seem absent — far from you, and your needs?

Most have experienced episodes where the Almighty doesn’t appear almighty, but delinquent, distant, AWOL. The psalmist reflects such despair: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night but find no rest” (Ps. 22:1-2).

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