Take hope, friend. When Abram returned from his lack of faith in Egypt, he made it back to Bethel, which means “House of God.”
But he got there “in stages.” Over time. It took a while. This is how it works. And God welcomes you into His house.
And he went [a]on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai…
Genesis 13:3 (NASB)
[a] The footnote says: Literally by his stages