God does not want us, His children, to be pestered. He gives us temptations and hardships in order to become perfect. Temptations will cease to exist in our life, when we reach the level of perfection...
We Christians ought to love afflictions and not try to get rid of them; afflictions are necessary means leading to our perfection.
Elder Paisios of Mt. Athos, quoted here.
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