Suffering is a gift from God

The Lord did not create us to suffer, but rather to tend to others, as shown when Jesus said the last will be first, and that he had come to serve. (Matthew 20.27-8) We know that Jesus is the Messiah, because he fulfilled  the prophecies in Isaiah, including what is written about he who will proclaim the good news: the injured wounds' will be bound, and the captives will be set free. (Isaiah 61:1) Jesus told us that if we do not love our neighbour, we will not enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 22.36) Paul reiterates Christ's purpose to alleviate other's pain, when he says that we will fulfill the law of Christ when we carry each other's burdens. (Galatians 6.2)

It is in our pain that we grow sympathetic, and so then become a ready vessel to be filled with the Spirit, in which we may alleviate the suffering of others. Hardship is natural, and is therefore good.

But to be depressed, wrapped in a spell of perpetual suffering, is not normal: it is a defect of character which causes resistance to recover from the initial shock of the distress, where we then forfeit our purpose. It is the inability to be grateful for what we do not suffer for, though it is in gratitude whilst suffering that we may receive God's grace, for this prepares us a way through which to serve.

To refuse inspiration is the opposite of service, and is contradictory to our instincts. But more seriously, it is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit: the rejection of God's healing love, and this is the one unforgivable sin. (Mark 3.28-9)

When we are victimized, we are not being helpful; instead we are denying life itself, which is the Lord's gift to us. This transgression against God's will, which is to serve in his excellence, is poison to us for it is in our composition to build from hardship, and then to help others, and it is in our compassion where we may enter the kingdom of God. (Matthew 22.36-39)