Book excerpt: Do you find yourself pulling away from God when you experience hardship? Is it difficult for you to picture how his grace meets you in such times? The troubles you encounter can awaken you to God's care and help you develop deeper intimacy with Him. However, understanding the pathway through difficulty can be confusing especially when you want to be honest about it. This takes vulnerability and becoming more honest and vulnerable with God is often hard because few people represent His humility and love. Nurturing painful longings, groaning through vulnerable moments or lamenting to God in prayer are often not talked about nor celebrated Christian practices. Yet, they are ones he invites us to find and ones we can practice with Him as we navigate a fallen world.