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I was taking care of my grandfather, and strangers were taking away my apartment. Why doesn't God hear?translated

October 6, 2026 · 1 min read

Reader question:

Hello! I grew up with my stepfather from the age of 11, and I also communicated with his father. For the last 4 years after the death of his wife, she took care of him (he died at 95): she took him to hospitals, cooked, did everything as if for her own grandfather. A year before his death, he wrote a will for me - I didn’t ask, it was his will. Until the last day he was sane, was not in the ICU, and did not take medications. 2 months before his death, my stepfather died. At the wake, my grandfather’s brother and his wife said that the apartment should remain with me, and then they challenged the will through the court: they wrote that they didn’t know me, and my grandfather was a fool. The trial lasted a year, I prayed, but I lost: they bribed the judge, and she rejected all the lawyer’s arguments. I'm very angry. Why does God allow this? What is my fault? The apartment is being taken away not by his brother (he is 86 years old), but by the daughter from his second wife’s first marriage - she has never even seen her grandfather. Why doesn't God hear my prayers? My soul was sick. What to do? I'm waiting for an appeal, but I'm not sure. Is this really the will of God? How to accept?

Julia

Priest's answer:

Priest Victor NIKISHOV

God bless you!

Your situation is indeed very difficult. But it is important to understand that God does not “allow” injustice as punishment. Not…

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