“I wonder if God hates me!”

How are we “present with the Lord” when we die yet “the dead in Christ will rise first”? How can we be seated at God‘s right hand if we are even closer than that by being united with Christ? Somebody told me we should be thankful for everything, including the Nazi regime. That can’t be right, right? Two of my children’s lives were taken at a young age. Now, I wonder if God hates me or has taken His hand off of me. Can you help me?

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