Subject to God, not self nor others
Differentiated, not domineering nor indifferent
Restrained, not badgering nor dismissive
Vulnerable, not sentimental nor clinical
Certainty of character
Certainty of want
Certainty of God’s faithfulness
Certainty of God’s grace
Affliction takes us beyond our resources
Give us an unbreakable conviction
Invites us to bolder praying
We see the source and supplier of comfort is God himself
We see support of one another
We see the guaranteed solidarity with Jesus
Reality makes it priority
Effect makes it personal
Guarantee makes it powerful
Implication makes it present
From expectation to disappointment
From disappointment to revelation
From revelation to exultation