20150222- Flux: The Promise of Presence 3ac2c

We expect God to protect us and prevent crisis. Because of that, crisis is crippling to faith, and would have been for the exiled Israelites. But God says that although he may not prevent all crisis, he promises to be present in crisis in a special way. Take hope that God laments in our crisis, because he is present with us in them, making new promises to us as well. 602yo