God’s heart during extreme pain

I asked God, I said, "Papa, am I sick because I did something wrong?" He said "no." I said, "is Satan stronger than You, did he make me sick?" And He said "no." And then I heard Him say to me, "You are sick because there is sickness in this world. Satan's attack is to drive a wedge between you and I. To shoot arrows at your heart, to wound you further into isolation and abandonment. But Peter, I have not abandoned you, nor left you. In fact, I will use this illness to draw you and I closer." And then I said, "I apologize for not coming to you sooner." And He said, with a slight laugh, "I have come to you. And I will keep coming after you, if you will only be looking for me. And when you don't see me or feel me, I'll come anyway, to be with you. Always."

– Pete Johnson, upon hearing he had cancer

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