There’s a funny thing to be said about going through a crisis of faith. In many ways, when the absence of faith is most acutely felt, is when it becomes most real.1 When the old motions are set aside and faith becomes a true, from-the-pit-of-your-being cry out to God. When you read Psalm 35 - How long, O Lord, will you look on? - and your heart just seems to break right open.
As someone who often wants to believe more than I actually do believe, these words were a great comfort.