The desolation could have been caused by sin, but it’s also very possible that I did not actually sin at any point along the way. It might even be the case that I didn’t make any mistakes during the desolation. My objective in this investigation, then, is not to accuse myself of moral failings or of incompetence but rather to learn about the particular ways desolation typically enters my life so that I can be better prepared for the next time it begins to creep back in.
