Along my life journey, I matured from the childish notion that every negative thing that happens to me is some kind of divine retribution for my wrong-doing. At the same time, I've recognized that my mature adult brain can find itself reverting back to childish patterns of thought and behavior, especially when I'm reacting to unexpected tragedy or stress. (Chapter-a-Day podcast on Psalm 7; Text version of all Chapter-a-Day [CaD] posts can always be found at tomvanderwell.com)