The When light When life is full of trials, is it wrong for us to complain? How can we be

honest about our struggles and still honor God. Today on Truth for Life we explore

one woman's response to overwhelming tragedy and we learn about God's

providential provision through suffering.

Alistairbegg is teaching from the first chapter in the book of Ruth. Now if you're like me then you try and conjure these pictures up in your mind.

You squeeze your eyes together and you imagine her standing now at the doorway in her adopted

homeland for the time being. She looks out at the door, she looks down the street

there's no familiar face. certainly not the face of her

boys certainly not our husband's face the three men in her life that meant everything

to her have been taken away and she knows why and she knows how because God in

his providence did this. This was not like 7-1 to the devil and God had taken a vacation. No, she understood exactly

what was going on. It is important I think also to recognize that her faith, although it's pushed, tried,

tested, stretched to the limits.

The limits of, if you like, emotional endurance.

It's still faith. It's not unbelief. This is important. Faith is still faith when we trust

God. It's not unbelief in her part. She recognizes. If you read the story

as I'm sure you're not going to, you realize that she references the Lord

all the time. The Lord has done this, she says, this is the

Lord's doing and it is not marvelous in my eyes, this is the Lord's doing and it is difficult to handle.

It's straightforward. She doesn't doubt that

Yawi is still in control, despite the pain of her experience.

Now I don't know about you, but I think this is wonderfully helpful. I think that when I find people

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