If you have ever been in the midst of affliction (and, really, who hasn't) it almost always feels like your being afflicted because God must hate you. Why else would you have to experience that? I recently watched "Little Rascals" again, and the quote from Alfalfa always sticks with me: "What else could possible go wrong? And then the clouds parted and God said, 'I hate you Alfalfa.'" This quote makes me giggle, but a little sad inside as well.
I have studied a bit about the afflictions of the righteous. The scriptural account that comes to mind is that of Job. He had everything taken from him, including his family and his attitude was ,"though [God] slay me, yet will I trust in him" (Job 13:15). A few versus before, he said, "let come on me what will" (Job 13:13)!
Those afflictions of the righteous are for experience, discipline and instruction.
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