It’s not the suffering but rather the mentality that the suffering is some kind of barometer of how much God loves us...THAT is what is twisted.He loves us all it is true, and everyone suffers in one way or another anyway, but not everyone desires to be a saint; they do receive more suffering... and what's more, they joyfully take it, announcing "bring it on."
I never realized there were people who actually desired to be a saint. I know that once we are saved we are all saints. But I don’t know anyone who said “I’m thinking of becoming a saint, what do you think?”