"I'll Be Glad When..."
Often young parents delay enjoying their child until he has reached a certain stage of growth.
When he is an infant they say, "Ill be glad when he gets out of diapers or quits cutting teeth or
learns to walk." Then they say, "Ill be glad when he starts school." Later they say, "I'll be glad
when he graduates." On and on it goes until the child is grown and gone, and the parents have
never really enjoyed any stage of his life.
They were always waiting to be glad when. We postpone being glad until everything is perfect -
which we all know is never going to happen in this life. We need to learn to rejoice and be glad
in the lord this day and every day along the way toward our goal.
Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our
sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving
endurance.
Romans 5:3 AMP