TrinJ 24:2 (Fall 03) p. 204 despairing, being angry at God. This is my way of paraphrasing the Fathers.43 Many Fathers cite Heb 12:6, “the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”44 Most of the church fathers “agree that suffering, even from disease, when it afflicts the Christian is sent or permitted for his ultimate good by a God who loves him and will cause all things to work together for his good.”45 This idea comes from Rom 8:28, “we know that in all things