15 I will transform the Valley of Trouble[a] into a gateway of hope. NLT
Whenever God takes us through the land of affliction, He will do two things through that affliction: 1) He will bring such healing that we will be able to move past the pain, and 2) He will make us fruitful from the painful experiences.
God does not waste our afflictions if we allow Him the freedom to complete the work in us. His desire is to create virtue that remains during the times of testing so that He can bring us into the place of fruitfulness in the very area of our testing. He has never promised to keep us from entering the valleys of afflication, but He has promised to make us fruitful in them. He is the God who turns the Valley of Achor (trouble) into a door of hope (see Hos. 2:15).