“The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 This plaintive message, without explanation, was left by a popular Christian radio host on her Facebook page. The next day, I learned that Janet Parshall and her husband were grieving the loss of their son due to complications from cancer. Later that same week, I received another heartbreaking social media message from one of my former students. Misty had been struggling for years with several miscarriages and then the death of her little Charlie. Now came another cruel life blow. She and her husband were losing their home and every single one of their earthly possessions due to an infestation of black toxic mold. To a young family, this felt like the final blow. Misty was sick. She was tired. She was grieving deep gut-wrenching loss. “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away”...it is so hard to say the second part. Sometimes Christians can seem too perfectly happy. We create an ill...