James 1:2:
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
James 1:3-4:
For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
Difficult states:
1. Prepare you for what's next
2. Are opportunities to become more of who God created you to be
Luke 22:42:
“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
