I find joy easier to identify in others than it is to find within myself. I have never found it something that I could manufacture but rather something that bubbles up from within. What if we cannot create it ourselves but instead it is a gift from God himself?
On this third Sunday in Advent, we light the third candle-the candle of Joy.
When Jesus was born the angels declared that it was cause of great joy. (Luke 2:8-11)
Joy, some say is a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is a feeling deep in the soul.
It is the simplest form of gratitude. (Karl Barth)
It is not necessarily the absence of suffering but rather the presence of God. (Sam Storms)
Have you found this joy that the angels talk about?
Will you light that candle with me and seek the source of that great joy; the Christ in Christmas.
“It is His joy that remains in us that makes our joy full.” A.B. Simpson.
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