Suffering Is Not A Must.
In case of the person who believes sincerely that he must suffer, that he deserves to suffer that suffering is the only way to redeem himself in the eyes of God, the very idea of redemption, and suffering as a means to achieve it, becomes no longer meaningful within the enlarging perspective of the soul. The soul can watch itself trying to suffer in its own self-created hell, but the soul will soon come to see that such an experience is not meaningful to create.
~Neale Donald Walsch~
Extracted From: Home With God.