The sufferings of the present may not be worth comparing with the glory
of the future but when “subjected to futility we groan as in labor” waiting
patiently is not as easy as Paul would make it seem. That is why we are in debt
to hope, charging to the future what we cannot afford in the present so that
these bodies decaying day by day might anticipate the forever future banquet
long before the party has started. The nature of faith is to look past the
present difficulties without denying that they cause us to groan by keeping our
eyes on the prize, which is the day when sorrow and sighing will flee and
groaning will cease. In the meantime we wait with eager expectation, albeit
patiently, by going deeper in debt to hope.
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