The big picture may very well mean that God is willing to sacrifice something temporal to accomplish something permanent. Christ is proof enough of that. Just as parents take small children to the doctor for shots, our Heavenly Father will sometimes allow things that hurt when He knows they will ultimately heal. We may ask, why pain is in the picture at all? The answer of course is one of those things seen in the big picture. For now we wait for Heaven’s gaze and trust that God knows what He is doing.
“The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.” Heb.4 Conversations Within” ts 9/2/2016
