Bob Lapine explains how he and his wife, Marianne, counsel their own souls when they wonder,

why God?

I know that what God does is good, that all things come from his hand.

And whatever his purpose was, whether I understand it in this life or not, it's a good purpose.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, co-author of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.

For April 18, 2022, I'm Dana Gresh.

Life is full of ups and downs, mountains, and valleys.

Sometimes the valleys are deep, dark, difficult.

Today and tomorrow, we want to address this question.

How can we reconcile the sovereignty and goodness of God with the agonizing pain we experience?

In the fall of 2021, Bob Lapine spoke on precisely that topic in Phoenix, Arizona.

It was at a gathering of some of the ministry partners of Revive Our Hearts.

Bob's probably best known for his years as co-host of the radio program and podcast,

Family Life Today.

But he's also a pastor, an author, and a long-time advisory board

member of Revive Our Hearts. And he and his wife, Marianne, are dear friends of Nancy's.

Here's Nancy with a further introduction. As we talked about the heaven rules theme this weekend and thought about the season of life that so many are in and things that people are walking through,

and we realize that sometimes God's providences are hard. Sometimes they're painful. And you may be experiencing some of that in this season of your life. If you're not, you will be.

So take notes, good notes.

Let the Lord implant his word in your heart.

Because what we're going to hear over these next moments is something that every one of us

needs to know how to grapple with for ourselves and for others that we love, the sometimes inscrutable,

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