Death and compassion

My wife and I have faced some large setbacks in life like the deaths of our friends, which has taught me many lessons. One is that going through hard things with God helps you to be a compassionate person. When someone else goes through something very difficult, I have become a better resource for them than I used to be. Going through difficult things motivates me even more to become more like Christ in the way that he was compassionate and empathetic.