Thank God for Joy
It’s interesting: The author of the Christmas story is sure to point out that the Joy isn’t the absence of suffering. In fact, on the first Christmas, joy is found hand in hand with suffering. An unwed mother and all the shame. An unexpected trip from Bethlehem to Nazareth that added insult to injury. No room in the inn. And yet, the Angels still proclaimed, “Good news of great Joy for all the people!”