It occasionally appears that God has withdrawn His hand at just the wrong time. This view is always from our perspective. He may have withdrawn His hand to allow judgment to come. We often forget, "And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." [Heb. 12:5 - 6]