'We expect God to keep us healthy and safe. So when trouble comes - as Jesus promises it will (John 16:33) - we not only struggle to cope with the problem; we also can't make sense of what God is doing. "Why doesn't he answer my prayers?" "Is my faith too weak?" The result is that people struggling with turmoil in their circumstances are beset at the same time with turmoil in their hearts - a crisis that could have been avoided by a proper eschatology.'
Tim Chester, The Ordinary Hero, p.126.
