“For as Christ's sufferings overflow to us, so through Christ does our encouragement also overflow. If we are afflicted, it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement, which enables you to endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is firm, for we know that as you share in the sufferings, you also share in the encouragement.” – 2 Corinthians 1:5-7
There is great work that can be completed through our sufferings if we look at them as opportunities rather than burdens.
"The patient and humble endurance of the cross—whatever nature it may be—is the highest work we have to do." –St. Katharine Drexel