You might believe hard times are use to destroy you. But actually they are use to strengthen us to become stronger. For the strength that you gain from them is use to build you up. God see you as a special Masterpiece, that he is building up. The stronger that you get the more that his Light shines through you. As a beacon for those that are still caught up in their dark hours. Thus this Light can be use to lead them into the true Light. God can use them as well since he is building them up too. So that they will become his sons and daughters as well.