we take this world too seriously, when those that accepted Jesus are in eternity the only two things from earth that will matter is, did they accept Jesus, and how many others did they lead to Jesus. All the hardships and bad times weve had on earth will seem like 1 second when your in eternity. But still there are many times God watches over us and many times he doesn't intervene. at least 11 of the 12 deciples had a documented voilent death, two of them were arguing over who would sit at Jesus's right hand when he told them "are you sure you want to drink of the cup iam going to drink". anyhow hardships on earth may mean something totally opposite in heaven.