I just read my favorite verse in all of Scripture.  It's been my favorite for many years.  Reading it again is a wonderful way to begin a new year:
"Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money (including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions) and be satisfied with your present (circumstances and with what you have); for He (God) Himself has said, 'I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support.  (I will) not, (I will) not, (I will) not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let (you) down (relax My hold on you)!  (Assuredly not!)  (Hebrews 13:5, Amplified)

That verse is really tied up in "nots", isn't it?  And every one of them is there in the original language.  Do you get the idea that God is trying (hard) to remind us of an important truth that we too often forget?  No question about it: there are those times in life when it simply does not "feel" like He is anywhere near.  In those times it appears as though He has most certainly deserted us.  Has turned His back.  Has walked away. But in this verse He reminds us that He will NOT leave us- ever.  No matter what.  He will not divorce us, desert us, abandon us.  Most assuredly not.

So, whom do we believe at such times?  The Enemy who whispers in our ear, "He's left you alone, you know- don't you feel His absence?"  OR, will we listen to His promise- No matter how it's feeling at the moment, you can always count on one thing: I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU!!"

I, for one. choose to believe the One whose promises have proven trustworthy over and over again for more than 66 years in my life.  Does that mean that everything has been "hunky dory"?  That every event in my life has been "peachy keen"?  That my rosebushes have had no thorns?  That my life has witnessed no cloudy days?  NO!  Life has not always been a "cakewalk".  But one thing I have learned.  On God's side of the cloudiest days there is sunshine.  And He IS here.  Always here.  Even when it doesn't feel like He is.  Or taste like He is.  Or smell like He is.  Or sound like He is.  Or look like He is.  He IS here!  And the more deeply I believe that truth (and I believe it more deeply every day!) the more my emotions line up with my trust.  He is always close enough to catch my tears in His bottle.  I can't ask for more in life than that.  And I praise Him-with all my heart!!