one way to look at suffering

We are too sinful to be left without suffering. And the world is too sinful to see our love unless it comes with suffering. Therefore, for our sake and their sake God appoints tribulation for all who would conquer their own sin and offer salvation to the nations. ~ John Piper

This is a interesting quotation that I read (Thanks to Randy Yeo) that does shed some light on the way one should view suffering on this world. As the good old chinese saying that says, 人不见棺材，不流泪。Often it is true isn't it? Only when we begin to suffer and despair, then will we begin to realize how finite and incapable we are in reality. I guess God knows the best way to wake us up as individuals. Unless we come before God broken and with humilty, we will never see the need for a Savior in our lives.