‘That sometimes is hard - damn hard - but if you trust Him, He will get you through it.’
and if you don’t trust Him (or if you lose your trust) He won’t get you through it...?
That is waaaay above my pay grade.
All I can say is from my experience, and from the experiences of those who have shared with me, when it gets tough, and I turn to Him, it gets better.
A distinct possibility. If a kid insists “I can do it by myself!”, sometimes a father will let him fail. Then the kid realizes he needs to trust his father.
I’ve told my boys on a few occasions how to handle something, but let them make the decisions. They quickly found out I knew what I was doing. God treats us the same way sometimes.