In some degree or another we have all experienced loss and grief. There are times in our pain that we cry out and God answers us (2 Chronicles 18:31). There are other times when we get hit by random arrows (2 Chronicles 18:33) — divorce, loss of a loved one, backslidden children, etc. — that cause us to question God. How could this happen? Where were you God? We must be sure to maintain an eternal perspective on loss. We focus so much on seeking healing and comfort that we lose perspective. There are times when God calls us to anguish over sin and lost souls going to Hell. The church in America should be grieving over its lukewarm condition, but instead has accepted it.