Indeed, there is nothing like suffering to remind us how much we need God. What good news that His purpose and plan for our lives moves in a different direction from ours!
There is no better news than that the God who makes the demand for perfection also meets the demand for perfection on our behalf.
Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.
The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do.
The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.
In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.