Fearing Suffering

I have been listening to the world's notions of suffering and I didn't realize it. I thought I was thinking biblically.

I've often thought, "Since even the strongest men in the world have faced the kind of suffering I fear & were especially averted to it, how could I, weak as I am, ever endure that suffering? I may be placing myself in closer danger of the world's worst kinds of suffering, the kind which, when it happens, is told & retold in news & stories because of how bad it is."

But the Spirit who inspired the Scriptures and opens my eyes to them tells me, "Since the weakest in the world have also faced the kind of suffering you fear and endured it, how couldn't you, O you of little faith? For the same power that worked in them is also yours in Christ Jesus. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. Know that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world."

The Scriptures use the exact same initial premise as I did but to make just the opposite conclusion...
Premise: Others in the world are experiencing horrific suffering.
My conclusion: Since the strongest among them cannot endure, what hope have I?
The Scriptures' conclusion: Since among them the weakest (your brothers) are enduring, your weakness is a prime condition for my power.

"No [trial] has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be [tested] beyond your ability, but with the [trial] he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it" (1 Cor 10:13).

"Resist [the devil], firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you" (1 Pet 5:9).

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor 12:9).

"Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated--of whom the world was not worthy--wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth" (Heb 11:35-38). "made strong out of weakness" (34c).

So, how does it work? How does the Spirit help me to suffer and die well? Does the pain fade away during suffering? Is the grace a numbing of pain?

Go your way, Phil. My grace is sufficient for you. It will be enough in the moment.