What is “the Chastening of the Lord?”
God doesn’t keep us in a constant state of chastening. It lasts for a season, achieves its purpose, and then ends. He is not making us pay for our sins.
April Showers Bring May Flowers
As you have stayed faithful in your walk with Jesus, you are sensing that you are breaking out of the pain and struggles. But you aren’t fully out of it yet. It’s like being in a spiritual April.