I said to myself in my good fortune:

“I shall never be shaken.”

O Lord, your favor had set me like a mountain stronghold.

Then you hid your face, and I was put to confusion.

-Psalm 30:7-8, Revised Grail Psalter

In a matter of two sentences, the Psalmist sums up a tremendously complex part of one’s journey of faith. At one moment, we can have a sense of certainty in the Lord, a perceived state of proximity to the divine that is so real that we can say, “I shall never be shaken.” Then suddenly, everything changes. It seems as though everything that we had once felt with such certainty is wrenched away and we are left with nothing in a state of confusion.