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Reading through the book of Job has been an emotional experience for me. It’s almost impossible not to draw parallels between Job’s journey and my own story—especially my marriage and divorce. Of course, what Job went through is far greater than anything I’ve faced, but his pain and his faith stir something in me. What really struck me is that, at the very beginning, the book gives us a glimpse of what’s about to happen in Job’s life. That introduction prepares us for the storm that’s coming. But in our own lives, we don’t get that kind of preamble. We wake up one day, and suddenly life looks nothing like what we thought it would. How much easier would it be if we knew what God was doing behind the scenes? Instead, we have to learn to trust that He is present, both in joy and in heartbreak. For a long time, I thought that if I did everything “right,” things would naturally fall into place. Move to a new country, get married, build a home, have children—that was the dream. But divorce...