There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.
I have sometimes been wildly despairingly acutely miserable racked with...
Discernment is God's call to intercession never to faultfinding.
I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true positive self esteem by praising everything they do.