Joy

Joy is a time traveler: it catches God’s future vision for justice, peace, and restoration and superimposes it on the present landscape. Joy celebrates the future as if it’s already happening while getting down to work to make it a reality. It can coexist alongside other experiences, even sorrow and pain. Joy ebbs and flows, sometimes flooding our lives with intensity, sometimes much harder to find. Joy comes hand-in-hand with God’s liberation as God sets God’s people free. (Barn Geese)

Accompanying Scripture:
Philippians 4:4-7, Isaiah 12:2-6, Luke 3:7-18