I can’t help it, it aches my heart when someone equates circumstances that happen in life with GOD’s punishment. How do we KNOW it’s GOD? And what type of GOD are we serving who is just waiting to swat us down when we “exit HIS grace?”
I think that sometimes Poppa has me go through bad times just because… whether it is rebuke or not, I don’t often know right away. Sometimes the thing learned is just to be able to identify with someone else later.
Legalism hurts my heart.