Have you ever gone through something so hard you found yourself asking, "God, really? How could a good God let this happen to me?" Was your faith built on love or on fear of punishment, so the moment life fell apart, your trust in God started to vanish and unbelief crept in? Have you ever been called foolish, or "not faithful enough," for questioning if God is good after a loss?

In this episode, I'm reopening the story of a woman Scripture has been used to villainize, Job's wife, and asking whether she was really foolish to blame God and question if He is good after watching all ten of her children die. I'm sharing my own three years of walking away after my son wasn't healed, and what finally brought me back: realizing I never stopped believing in the true God, only the God I was terrified of. We'll talk about the two things real faith actually needs, belief and trust in God, why grief and lament and honesty are not sins, and the first steps toward spiritual healing when your faith feels fragile. This one is for the weary mom who's been blamed for "not believing enough" and needs to know God is for her, not against her.

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Scriptures mentioned: Job 2:9–10 · James 1:17 · Psalm 34:18

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ABOUT THE SHOW "God, Really?" is for the weary mom who asks, "Is God good?" and wishes for more self control and patience. Through biblical emotional regulation, spiritual healing, and true connection with God by learning how to pray, you will learn to walk in God's Will for your life and how to have a real relationship with Him.