Identify with Suffering and Accept with Agenda

The Scriptures declare the Sovereignty of God, that God is good, and that God has a purpose for our suffering. It also explains the many reasons why people suffer. As we enter into others' experiences of suffering we want our responses to be shaped by compassionate Biblical thinking. In his third element of love, Tripp calls us to identify with suffering.
Many people feel all alone when they suffer and afraid to tell others of their plight for fear of what other's will think. We are called to identify with those who suffer as he gives example in Heb 2:10-12 where Christ Himself identifies with us.

Tripp closes with the fourth element of love: Accept with Agenda. The point of this is that we're not accepting people because they're OK just as they are but because God's intent is to transform His enemies into His beloved children. Christ calls us to service and sanctification. God's grace is always grace leading to change.