We should not always consider suffering as a punishment. It can be accepted as expiation not only for ourselves but above all for others. Christ was innocence itself and He suffered the most for the expiation of our sins. Only in Heaven will we know all that we have obtained by suffering with patience in union with the sufferings of Christ.
....and to you , yup you who is reading this, right this minute and is in struggle, God has seen your struggles, and knows it God has this to say for you ...
" My Child, soon it will be over, believe I love you and that help is on the way."