God's plan for us may be a season of illness or hardship, it grows us. It also shows us what's really inside of us. If we lose faith or become angry, then we need some more work on accepting God's will for us.
If we continue in faith that God knows what He is doing and remain calm through our pain, then it is evidence that our trust in Him is growing.
Some people have to trust Christ for strength through their entire lives because they have life long illnesses that will never be healed. These people often have far more faith than those who have not had to endure hardship.
All hardship is about training in righteousness and for God's purposes for those who belong to Him. Do you accept His will, praise Him for the opportunity to grow?
What do you do with the "boot camp" God has placed you in, is evidence of our inner heart.
What do you do when confronted by others about our sin, this is also evidence of our inner heart. Do you rage in anger at the exposure of sin, or do you become ashamed and wish to be cleansed?
Romans 5:1-5 "5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
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