Sanctuary Church

We don't always call them expectations, but that's what they are. Underneath them is really something simpler, which is control. There's, like, a quiet transaction that we never really named. I will follow you. I will obey. I'll trust. And in return, you will fill in the blank. You will protect me. You will keep this from getting too painful. You'll make my progress more visible. We expect God to manage suffering,