Romans 8:17 says, “And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.” As I was meditating, I had a view of suffering I had not had before. 

When we forgive someone who has hurt us, we choose to bear the consequences of their sin against us without retaliation or bitterness. That is, according to Matthew 18:35, forgiving them from our heart. Jesus suffered under that same sin as He bore it on the cross ~ He forgave all past, present, and future sins regardless of the offense.

Verse 18 says, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Sufferings: hardships, rejections, broken relationships, trials, afflictions, adversities, loss, and persecutions. We are called to endure. Hebrews 10:36