As Christians, we are never promised protection from suffering in this life. But rather, we can be joyful and hopeful in the midst of our suffering because we know that God is using it for a purpose.
"Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us." - Romans 5:3-5
