Last Sunday was David and Bathsheba. This Sunday comes the fallout. God pronounces forgiveness, but David's son will die. Is God punishing him - through his child's suffering?! Is that really how God does justice? Tragically, these are the kinds of questions I've heard families ask before. And it has David on the ground. He won't get up. He doesn't get up until after he learns his son is dead. But then... he goes immediately to worship? How is he not simply overcome with anger at God or paralyzed with grief? What hope does David have that we so desperately need? Let's talk about why we so often misunderstand our suffering and what God is doing in the midst of it: "I shall go to him" (2 Sam.12:13-25)
