When bad things happen to good people

And what is trouble but that very influence that brings you nearer to the heart of God than prayers or hymns? I think sorrows usually bring us closer to God than joys do. but sorrows, to be of use, must be borne, as Christ's were, victoriously, carrying with them imtimations and sacred prophecies to the heart of hope. This is not only so we will not be overcome by them, but also so we will be strengthened and ennobled and enlarged by them.
--Henry Ward Beecher