Originally Posted by Boanerges

2Co 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
2Co 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2Co 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

The body of Christ is unlike any army that ever marched. The more we are pounded the stronger we get. When one of His dear ones is killed even then that is but a promotion to the Father's presence.
Like Israel (when we walk in faith) we step into the fray and the Lord does the fighting. Sadly many step presumptuously and are spiritually and emotionally mauled. Again like Israel we must learn to walk in step with the cloud by day and the pillar by night.