“When we assume that God only wills healing and joy rather than suffering in our lives now, we have forgotten the cross of Christ. When we act as if life with the resurrected Christ should be just one victory upon another, we have forgotten the cross of Christ. For while the death of Christ was a once for all sacrifice, ambassadors of the gospel do not skip over the cross to experience “resurrection living.” – Todd Billing, Rejoicing in Lament, 127.