In life we all have our times of testing and growth.  These trials are necessary.  They are growth experiences.  Though they are times of deep anguish and suffering, they are also times to draw near unto God.  The sufferings of the Savior in Gethsemane was without question the greatest that has ever come to mankind, yet out of it came the greatest good in the promise of eternal life.

James E. Faust
The Blessings of Adversity
February 1998 Ensign
http://www.lds.org/ensign/1998/02/the-blessings-of-adversity?lang=eng