WHAT HAPPENS

"We must be more concerned with what we do with what happens to us, than with what happens to us."
-Marvin J. Ashton

1 PETER 1: 6-7

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

DOCTRINE & COVENANTS 19:16

For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent

D&C 18:10

Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God

SOURCE OF PEACE

In the most difficult circumstances of life, there is often only one source of peace. The Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, extends His grace with the invitation, 'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest' (Matthew 11:28)."
Donald L. Hallstrom

Revelation 3:30

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him.

TO PREPARE THEM TO ENJOY THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD

All intelligent beings who are crowned with crowns of glory, immortality, and eternal lives must pass through every ordeal appointed for intelligent beings to pass through, to gain their glory and exaltation. Every calamity that can come upon mortal beings will be suffered to come upon the few, to prepare them to enjoy the presence of the Lord. . . . Every trial and experience you have passed through is necessary for your salvation.
-Brigham Young