Trusting the mystery, not explaining Eliphaz-style
The landing: never do Eliphaz-style explanations on God's behalf — 'you don't know any of that, shut up.' The comfort is a stone pillow: God sees from a different perspective, is faithful, and 'will not be thwarted from doing the thing that he wants to do.' One host reframes deconstruction as renovation — chucking out furniture that no longer makes sense, not tearing the house down. Israel's cycle, the grafted vine, and God's promise-keeping ('when I make a promise, I keep it') mean faith can survive the mystery. Then the Bob Eisenlauer complaint line plug.
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