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“My God, why? How could You? He was only fourteen.”

“How did he know? I wanted to die. All these years of being manhandled by God until I felt like nothing more than a spectator to my son’s suffering.”

“I do not, not, not want to carry another small coffin to this place. I do not want to have to explain again to anyone, or myself, how heavy with glory it is. No! Wouldn’t Stephen’s death be a violation of your promise, God, not to let anything happen beyond what we are able to bear?”

“There are many of us who hunger and thirst for God’s love while we watch our children suffer and die.”

This is very true.