Well, the main idea of this is pretty plainly stated, "choose a little pain and gain a life with joy/ accepting pleasure now will earn a life of pain..." On a basic level, being a Christian isn't always easy, but better to suffer a little now than to suffer eternally later. The narrator is confused, because it always seems like the bad guy wins and the good guy gets knocked down, but in the end it's better for us to suffer because it brings us closer to God.
Well, the main idea of this is pretty plainly stated, "choose a little pain and gain a life with joy/ accepting pleasure now will earn a life of pain..." On a basic level, being a Christian isn't always easy, but better to suffer a little now than to suffer eternally later. The narrator is confused, because it always seems like the bad guy wins and the good guy gets knocked down, but in the end it's better for us to suffer because it brings us closer to God.