Joy

"Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful , but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the worl. So also you have sorrow not, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full."

-John 16:20-24

May we long for the true, ultimate joy in life. Though we sorrow in the present, pure joy is yet to come. May we look to the Lord for the true wellspring of life, joy, and happiness. He is our Comfort, our Source, all that we need. Seek His joy, His love, His peace.