Joy and Pain
July 20, 2023
It has been said that ‘the greater the joy, the greater the pain that proceeds it.’ If you have agonized over someone you love making wrong decisions, wept for a prodigal child including an adult one, you know the pain of seeing squandered opportunity, unnecessary suffering, the hunger for what might have been.
Be patient, my friend. While there’s no guarantee that we’ll see that turnaround in our lifetime, IF and WHEN we do, our joy is sweet and exuberant! Just as the pain of childbirth can be quickly forgotten as we snuggle our sweet child, the joy of seeing that person we care for wiser, more sensible, with more spiritual character after that season of pain, dulls the memory of agony before.
Remember, Jesus endured the cross for the joy that was set before Him