In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.
(Corrie Ten Boom, Dutch Christian survivor of Nazi oppression in WW II, in The Hiding Place)

The darker the environment, the brighter a light shines. And it is in times of deep distress that aid from the outside seems so much more helpful and encouraging. Don’t disregard times of stress and darkness, for they often offer greater light and understanding.

You [Jehovah God] have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. (Isaiah 25:4)