There are some things that only suffering can produce and teach. You never learn to sail of the sea is always still and calm. What we experience is no coincidence. Troubles are often the tools that God uses to prepare us for bigger and better things. If He didn't, we'd never learn to trust Him and we'd always be trying to do everything on our own.
Storms shape and form what they engulf and surround.
God's voice will be in there somewhere. If we focus only on the details, we tend to miss what God is trying to accomplish and we don't learn trust. No matter what, God delivers us. It's a win - win situation if we'll trust Him. God wants us to seek His face, not just so He can do things for us or deliver us, but so we can have a better relationship with Him.