The wildest part about POVERTY is how much time it steals. Waiting for buses. Calling assistance offices. Comparing grocery prices. Fighting insurance. Sitting at laundromats. Being poor is a second job nobody pays you for.
When GOD wants to turn a boy into a man.
He doesn't comfort HIM.
He crushes him with failure, betrayal, loneliness, heartbreak, and rejection.
That's not a punishment.
It's a FORGE.