“Many people find comfort in the ideas of a divine plan or of the

prosperity gospel. It’s comforting for many people to imagine that God must

have a plan for everything. It’s comforting for many people to imagine that

if they just stay strong and keep their faith, everything will be okay.

It’s comforting, at least, until someone else uses these ideas to try to

wipe away your pain. Hence the bittersweet title of Kate Bowler’s book:

‘Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved.’”