A young mother in her 30s with three children came to her pastor to talk about her husband's impending death. He was dying of cancer. "I'm afraid," she said. The pastor listened and asked a few questions to help her express her fear. One of the questions he asked was, "Are you afraid of losing your faith?" There was silence. "Yes," she said. And then there were more tears. There are times when one feels abandoned by God. If God really loved me would this be happening? Prayers don't seem to be answered. All those wonderful promises in the Bible aren't working. "Where are you God? I can't seem to connect." Doubts come into your mind. Maybe there isn't a God. You feel like Job's wife when she said to her husband, "Curse God and die." When will the pain go away? How long can I hold on? Am I lo…