Prayer in Disguise

After the horrors of Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel lost his faith. "Where were you, God of kindness?" he asked, recalling the evil he and others suffered. "In my childhood I did not expect much from human beings. But I expected everything from you." And yet, Wiesel realized later that his faith had never really left him. "It is because I believed in God that I was angry at God," he told a journalist, "and still am." You don't get angry at someone you don't believe exists. We might feel uncomfortable expressing anger at God, but biblical characters did. "You deceived me, Lord" Jeremiah cried (20:7). "Will you forget me forever?" David wrote (Psalm 13:1). "God has wronged me," Job said (19:6). Unaware of Satan's role in his misfortune, Job accused God of being cruel (10:3) and even subpoenaed Him to court (31:35)! While Job later discovered that his understanding was limited (42:3), it's important to note God never rebukes his feelings. Despite his questions, Elie Wiesel prayed, "Let us make up. It is unbearable to be divorced from you so long." We too might be angry at God for not limiting the suffering in our world, but our expressing it to Him can become prayer in disguise—keeping us close to the God who wants us to bring not just our praise, but our anger to Him too.

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Prayer in Disguise is an episode from Our Daily Bread Podcast | Our Daily Bread by Our Daily Bread Ministries.

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This episode was published on Apr 29, 2026.

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