Let all be well, and he forgets God. So that while troubles abound, they drive us to God, and then consolations abound. Some people call troubles weights. Verily they are so. A ship that has large sails and a fair wind, needs ballast.
Troubles are the ballast of a believer.
The eyes are the pumps which fetch out the bilge-water of his soul, and keep him from sinking. But if trials be weights, I will tell you of a happy secret. There is such a thing as making a weight lift you. Yes, there is such a thing as making troubles raise me towards heaven. That is why God clogs his people.