Hello Trekker,

Much of the grief is caused by the enemy of the Lord and of us, the devil. And always when he tempts us by all sorts of grief, the Lord is behind it with his wish that we stand fast in the temptation of illness, loss of beloved ones.
And when we come through this temptation....
also temptation to do eveil things
....the Lord comforts us and makes us stronger. God is good .

There were more to say about this , but always love God, because he sent his beloved Son to help us and take our sins away.
In 'Ask Ger'(another forum over here) I answer this sort of questions in series 1.

Greetings
Ger