When a critically ill premature infant in the NICU briefly locks eyes with a chaplain, does this fleeting connection reveal God's presence or absence? This theological examination challenges Rabbi Ira F. Stone's assertion that human suffering stems from divine absence and that God exists "beyond being." Through narrative analysis of a pastoral encounter with Baby S., chaplain Mychal B. Springer documents a moment of perceived divine presence that contradicts Stone's framework. The case study, drawn from extensive hospital ministry experience, distinguishes between physical and existential suffering, demonstrating that divine absence is not a universal human condition. Rather than endorsing Stone's view of fundamental divine absence, the pastoral evidence suggests God remains accessible for relationship and can be encountered through human connection, even as divine presence operates through mysterious rather than purely intellectual mechanisms. These findings advance theological discourse on theodicy, divine presence, and pastoral care methodology in clinical settings.