hold on - cling to - grasp it like a lifeline, let it seep into you, pour down, drench - fill up to overflowing so that it spills over into the darkness around. There is a lot of deeply evil and depressing things going on all around us - this world is such a broken place! how do we continue to be grounded in joy? in the Joy of the Lord... to be at peace. to be still and know that He is God. To pause and look deep into the eyes of a child and smile. let them know they are heard. they are loved. To stop and really listen, rather than multi-tasking a hundred things at the same time... to sip tea and know that we are in this for a the long haul. to not be crushed by the overwhelmedness of that thought.
Life. It's so much more beautiful and complicated, and beautiful in its very complexity, than i usually realize. there is Joy in seeing the beauty. There is joy in the glimpses of the kingdom of Heaven splashing down in unexpected places- where the usual gets turned on its head and healing and restoration - laughter, and community, spring up out of the despairing.
It isn't really something we can force to happen, its more like an attitude - a perspective on everything that happens: it is not about me, but about Christ, and His plan for redemption. we let go, and watch and follow- and in that, whatever may come, there is joy!
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