" The trials which  come from God are sent to prove and strengthen our graces, and so at  once to illustrate the power of divine grace, to test the genuineness  of our virtues, and to add to their energy. Our Lord in his infinite  wisdom and superabundant love, sets so high a value upon his people's  faith that he will not screen them from those trials by which faith is  strengthened. "

― Charles Haddon Spurgeon , Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version