Everything about this feels unfair. I didn't want any of this to happen.

Naming the bitterness honestly is allowed — Naomi said exactly how it felt, and the story wasn't over at chapter one. He doesn't need you to pretend it's fine before He'll stay close.

The conversation

The child: “Daddy God, everything about this feels unfair. I didn't want any of this to happen.”

God: “You don't have to pretend it's fine.”

The child: “I feel like nothing has gone right for a long time.”

God: “There was a woman named Naomi who felt the same way. She even changed her name to mean 'bitter.'”

The child: “She told God that? Wasn't that disrespectful?”

God: “No. It was honest. And I never once stopped listening because of it.”

The child: “So I'm allowed to say this feels bitter?”

God: “You're allowed to say exactly how it feels. I'm not afraid of your honesty.”

God: “Naomi's story didn't end at 'bitter.' It kept going.”

The child: “What happened next?”

God: “She wasn't alone in it. Someone stayed with her through the whole thing — and it became the start of something she never expected.”

The child: “I don't know what happens next for us either.”

God: “Neither do you have to. You just don't carry it by yourself.”

The child: “Okay. I'm still upset. But... I'm glad You're staying too.”

God: “I'm not going anywhere. Not through this chapter, not through the next one.”

"And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me." Ruth 1:20, KJV