Why we should still enjoy today even when there is an upcoming difficult time


Here is another way of looking at the same thing.

Suppose someone nice gave you a glass of delicious lemonade every day. Then you learned that a mean person was going to take away one of those lemonades next week and leave you a glass of horrible-tasting kale juice that day instead. Suppose that you were so worried about the kale juice that you just couldn't enjoy today's lemonade, or tomorrow's either. In fact, you weren't planning on enjoying any of the lemonade until after the kale juice day had been and gone.

Isn't that a little bit ridiculous? The lemonade is still being given to you by someone who loves you, so why not enjoy it on the days that it is there? On the kale juice day, sure, you don't need to be excited about the kale juice. But don't let the actions of a mean person stop you from enjoying the gift a good person has given to you.

Think of the lemonades as days that God has given to you. The kale juices are bad days. The bad days might be due to someone else's hurtful actions, or something negative that you've caused by your own actions, something in general that you're not looking forward to, or some act of Satan. No matter the cause of the bad days, there is no need to reject the wonderful gift of happy days that God has given you. 

It is a big mistake to say "I'll get through this and this, then I'll be able to enjoy things more." If we fall into that trap, guess what? There's always this or that thing to "get through" in the future and we never wind up enjoying anything. Instead, isn't it so much better if we can let go of all that and be thankful to God right now today?

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