To any and all of my brothers and sisters in Christ who are going through hard times or situations and feel like your being punished, just remember that the Lord will sometimes WANT you to be at rock bottom. But not to punish you, it is to position you.Not to break you, but to rebuild you and make you new. You see it as punishment. You wonder where God is, but what looks like the end is actually the beginning. Sometimes God lets you hit rock bottom so you can discover that HE IS THE ROCK at the bottom. Never lose sight of the hope he instills in us. Pray and read his word without ceasing and never let the flame of your faith burn out.