Consider the work of God: who can make straight, what He has made crooked. He has made it crooked for His glory, to turn your face to Him. Shall we rejoice, even in this crooked journey? Yes! His grace is sufficient.
All tagged Joy
Finding the Root of Joy
We clip away activities. We change locations. We do everything on the surface except examine our roots. True joy can only be rooted in our union with Christ.
For Want of Wonder (Part 2)
Shrewdness and wonderment can be flat-mates. You can be filled with awe without being a bloomin' idiot.
For Want of Wonder (Part 1)
There is glory in the ordinary because the ordinary isn't really so ordinary after all. We only think it is.
Joyfulness
My children take great joy in the smallest things. And I enjoy their joy. Christian obedience is something like this. God, through His Spirit, works in us the smallest of obedience. This becomes the smallest of pleasures. And it pleases Him.
Joy Abides
Joy is no slave. Joy stands outside of that list, for it is hidden in what God has done, what He is doing, and what He will do. Joy abides. Joy looks at the ebb and flow of life and says, “But God.”