In nature a fountain cannot rise higher than its source. That man has a sense of moral responsibility proves that his origin must be traced to a personal and moral source. We are hopelessly naive to witness in others or to experience within ourselves the moral sensitivities that make us truly human and fail to acknowledge God as the only possible explanation which could account for this phenomenon. As surely as the heavens declare the glory of God, moral human beings declare something of the very likeness to him which is stamped upon our souls. In certain crisis situations, some people have difficulty believing in God.
Faith can indeed survive such situations by keeping two facts in mind.
First, the introduction of sin into human experience has created many of our heartaches. And it is man rather than God who is responsible for sin. Second, God did not create this world to be a paradise of ease but a workshop for character. Under life's normal conditions, however, the trouble surely is in not believing in God. These phenomena are not mere accidents.