How do you deal with someone who has had something happen and they keep talking about “God’s plan”? I have a friend who is going through some tough times and it looks like they won’t be able to achieve what they wanted but keep placing it on God. I think it’s a coping mechanism for them but it still is rubbing me wrong. I am trying to stay supportive which basically just entails me keeping my mouth shut.
If you want to keep the relationship, basically ignore that and suggest things THEY can do themselves to make the situation better. When someone is in deep struggle and stress, they aren’t going to be receptive to opening their mind.
Approach that later, and show how their actions and those of the people who care about them made the difference, not the will of an invisible myth.