" If there is ever a “time of need” in our lives when it is appropriate to “draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help” (Heb. 4:16), it’s in the midst of our most difficult trials. Suffering is a special type of circumstance in which we must draw upon the lordship and example of Jesus Christ. In fact, it is often as we follow Him through suffering that we experience our deepest intimacy with our Lord. "

― John F. MacArthur Jr. , Remember and Return: Rekindling Your Love for the Savior--A Devotional