It’s one thing to suffer for doing wrong. Something else entirely to suffer for doing right. But it happens. And it washes away the naïve assumption that if I do right, I will never suffer. Just ask the faithful couple whose crib is empty and whose womb is barren. Or the husband who took a chance and forgave his wife, only to be betrayed again.
Why does God wait? I don’t know. I only know his timing is always right and he will do what is best. Luke 18:7 promises that “God will always give what is right to his people who cry to him night and day, and he will not be slow to answer them.” Though you hear nothing, he is speaking. Though you see nothing, he is acting. With God there are no accidents. Every incident is intended to bring us closer to him!
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