See, the next step is to have emunah that just as the benefit of missing the appointment was visibly for his benefit, the pain and suffering, although not visibly so, was also to his benefit.
A man who was not yet frum told Rav Noach Weinberg zt”l that he knows Hashem loves him even though he doesn’t follow the Torah, because his motorcycle once went over a cliff, and Hashem saved him.
Rav Noach responded, “Who do you think pushed you off the cliff!?”