'Don't worry, God is in control'

This somewhat correct, but misunderstanding platitude needs rebuttal.

Here's one of mine:

We must remember that God's love and goodness are not always aligned with our tendency to 'moralistic, therapeutic deism'. God's goodness and love have other ends than our occasional comforts. They are concerned with our holiness and his kingdom proximately, and our relationship with him in the new creation, teleologically. When we nurture our personal comfort with platitudes in these times of mild testing, I think of the suffering of the saints during the English civil war (both Catholic and Reformed), or the trials of Christians in communist regimes, let alone the church in times prior to Constantine.

We still have it easy. Time to toughen up and consider our Lord, rather than our toilet paper.

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