The scripture says:

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer grief and all kinds of trials. These have come so your faith of greater worth than gold may be proved genuine and may result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus is revealed.

    So when tragedy strikes it hits the great and the small there are no exceptions. Tragedy as nothing else opens our eyes to our weakness and our fragility and our utter defenselessness. At times we all need this awareness, it helps us be more humble, more in touch , more sensitive. Tragedy in our own lives prepares us to minister to the lives of others who suffer as well.

    No one ever seeks grief or trials, but they do not come into a life of a Christian without bringing some value also. When you hit the wall, remember that the Lord can even use that tough experience for your benefit.