Life is difficult. Things go wrong. We make mistakes. People get sick. Loved ones die.
Relationships break up.
We can make fresh beginnings. The God of unconditional love revealed by Jesus is not in the business of punishing. He makes the rain fall and sun shine on wicked people and good people alike. Sin has no need of divine punishment for it contains its own seeds of unhappiness. Personal suffering or tragic accidents should not be seen as divine punishment.