Sometimes the chains are longer. But never will we be devoured. Providence - We never are promised NO suffering, but we are assured that we will never be alone. Our Father who controls the hurricane winds and the tiny insects is working for us and caring for us throughout the entire journey of life. The bible tells us in Phil 4.6 not to be anxious.
Anxiety comes from a root word signifying lack of breathing space, suffocation.
I'm sure you've seen one of these B-grade movies where the hero is locked in a room and the walls begin to move in, threatening to crush her. The future may be like that room, pressing in on us, threatening to crush or suffocate us. But be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world. And so the future is no longer a fog-shrouded landscape somewhere out there where dark dangers lay just below the surface, ready to rise up and crush us. No, everything is entirely different.