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Psalm 61:2-4

"... I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy.... I will trust in the shelter of Your wings."

Proverbs 16:6

"In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil."

Dr. John MacArthur, Daily Bible

David's willingness to strengthen "himself in the LORD his God was the key to David's being a man after God's heart."

Proverbs 16:7

"When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him."

Beth Moore, Loving Well

"For you to do what I've called you to do, to be what I've called you to be, to love whom I've called you to love, you're going to need to live in a constant awareness of my love for you" (50).

God is using Testy and Foe to teach me to love. Testy is the closest I'll "ever come to thinking God hates" me but is placed in my life to bring me gain. Something is broken in Testy and Foe; and since I am someone else's Testy/Foe, something is broken in me.

See Leah's situation in Genesis 29:31, ff. into Ch. 30.