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Yes it's like something bad or disappointing happens and you are trying to work thru that and someone says, "God has a purpose in it, God works all things together for good" etc... These things are all true but does that mean we just go along like nothing has happened like we don't feel anything? Actually comments like this really annoy me because I think, "you think I don't know that? What, you think I'm stupid? Of course I know that but that's really not helping me at all right now in fact it just makes me feel condemned and oppressed". Yes in a way I believe it is a form of control where they just want you to shut up because you are making them feel uncomfortable. I think God is big enough to handle our honest emotional outbursts, our frustration and pain. We all process grief and pain differently there is no exact time period where you say OK it's 6 months or 6 years I can move on now.

Titti,

An example of pouring out emotions in Ps 38:

9 All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all day long they scheme and lie.

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,
like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 LORD, I wait for you;
you will answer, Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”

Sorry Tutti for the misspelling How embarrasing!

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