The Joy That Rises

Scripture  Habakkuk 3:17–18 (NRSVUE)  Though the fig tree does not blossom  and no fruit is on the vines;  though the produce of the olive fails  and the fields yield no food;  though the flock is cut off from the fold  and there is no herd in the stalls,  yet I will rejoice in the Lord;  I will exult in the God of my salvation.Refrain  Even now, joy rises in me.QuoteDesmond Tutu  “Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say,  save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.  In fact, we may cry more easily,  but we will laugh more easily, too.  Joy is a discipline.  Not a denial of pain,  but a way of holding it with grace.  It is how we lean into the promise  that suffering does not have the final word.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.