Janice Hansen uses the illustration of young girls saying, “He loves me… he loves me not” as they pluck petals from a flower. In the same way, we can spiritually pluck petals from the flower and say, “God loves me,” when we get a promotion at work, and “God loves me not,” when that job doesn’t end well (Janice L. Hansen, “When You Doubt God’s Love,” Guideposts, accessed May 11, 2024, https://guideposts.org/daily-devotions/devotions-for-faith-prayer/when-you-doubt-gods-love/).