Not everybody is passing smoothly through this life, though some may be more so than others. But after all, it is only "for a season," and "if need be." Do not make yourself uneasy: the One who holds the reigns of the need-be is God. He does not take pleasure in afflicting. If there is the need-be for it, we go through the trial with Him, but it is only for a moment.
"THOU ART WORTHY... FOR THOU WAST SLAIN, AND HAST REDEEMED US TO GOD BY THY BLOOD OUT OF EVERY KINDRED, AND TONGUE, AND PEOPLE AND NATION: AND HAST MADE US UNTO OUR GOD KINGS AND PRIESTS: AND WE SHALL REIGN OVER THE EARTH." Rev. 5:9, 10