Surrounding, sustaining goodness comes to us through many channels, for it is the divine grace itself. . . .
Or such goodness may come through the inner illuminations that arise through spiritual practice — darts of love that penetrate the confusion and complexity of our inner world with an image, or word, or insight that reorients us to life's goodness and expands the roominess of our world, a world that is always and everywhere overarched and overshadowed by the "midnight sky" of God's life and love. . . .
Being grounded, goodness is at the basis for the courage we need to face adversity, for courage can arise only when we care about something enough to defend and protect it — in this case, the love of life itself and our willingness to invest ourselves in it. Only so can we survive suffering, and if possible, seek ways to cure or challenge its causes. . . .
Christ's way of suffering redemptively models the courage that can grow us strong, caring, and supple as we face any adversity. For Christ, for us, and for everyone who has found such courage in the midst of adversity, the source of victory is the same: God's own courage in the midst of a world of dazzling beauty, soul-sustaining goodness, and sometimes terrifying adversity.
— Robert Corin Morris, Suffering and the Courage of God