Jeremiah Burroughs - A Closer Look

Then I stopped.

Unsatisfied with this first idea, I put on my thinking cap and went back to the drawing board. You might say I was discontent, but contentment would soon come.

Success!

Despite the reviews, this thinking cap worked splendidly. I took it off and began to sketch out the new idea. I would illustrate Burroughs in a sequence of discontentment leading to his final posture of contentment in the God of all comfort. The sequence goes as follows:

	Wealth: Burroughs’ first posture of discontentment comes in the form of financial distress as he reads the newspaper and discovers that his stocks are plummeting during an economic downturn.
Comfort: When a rain cloud threatens his comfort, the newspaper becomes his only form of shelter from the coming storm.
	Health: The storm passes and Burroughs is left with the sniffles.
Surrender: In the final pose he lets go of his troubles, tossing the newspaper to the ground, and surrenders to God.

I hope you enjoyed this behind-the-scenes look at my recent Jeremiah Burroughs comic. For more context surrounding this quote, follow the link below to read “The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment” for free from the fine folks at Monergism.