Affliction as in the wrath of God, we absolutely won’t have that, but sorrow, trouble and strife, yes. “In this world we will have tribulation”. Yet any tribulation for a Christian is producing a greater glory. (I’m condensing a whole lot of Bible scriptures and passages here, so please don’t hold me to “the letter of the law”. I’m sure we’re all Bible reading Christians here and can look up these things ourselves. It’s too much to place in one small post.)
I say of myself that I’m either going to be the most blessed person or the most to be pitied because of all the “afflictions” I’ve been through in my life.