OUR JOY=WILL NEVER BE REDUCED!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUR JOY=WILL NEVER BE REDUCED!

 

Today=Jesus has a MESSAGE=for the APOSTLES=and for ALL of us=

Suffering and death=Was COMING to Jesus soon=And someday=it will

COME to us too=But he tells us=In the end=We will FEEL JOY=and OUR JOY=

WILL NEVER BE REDUCED!=because of HIS RESURRECTION=Because of

HIS VICTORY=over death=”Jesus said to his disciples’=’……..You will grieve=but

Your grief=WILL BECOME JOY……..and NO ONE will take away YOUR JOY=

From you’”                                                                                                                                   John 16:20, 22

 

Got that=My dear BROTHERS AND SISTERS=We will EXPERIENCE suffering=and

Death=me too=NOTHING=NO ONE=will ever be able to=TAKE AWAY OUR JOY=

Because of Jesus’ Resurrection=and because=If we are BELIEVERS=we will experience=

ETERNAL JOY in heaven=With Jesus and the Holy Father God=and in the end=

OUR JOY=WILL NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY=OR REDUCED!

 

“Splendor and majesty=are before him=Strength and JOY=are in his

Dwelling place”                                                                                                                1 Chronicles 16:27

“ON what=were its footings set=Or who laid its cornerstone=-------While the morning

Stars sang together=and the angels=SHOUTED FOR JOY?”                             Job 38:6-7

“Gladness and JOY=will overtake them=and sorrow and sighing will flee away”    Isaiah 51:11

 

Jesus COMPARED the=Anguish and grief=Of the apostles and disciples=To a

WOMAN in childbirth==and in pain with labor==For after the baby=was BORN=She

No longer remembered the pain=Because of the JOY=a NEW child brings

 

While women=and men too=WHEN we experience pain=NEVER FORGET IT=and

NEITHER did the disciples=FORGET Jesus’ crucifixion and death=WE are left with JOY=

In the end=and delight=FOR EASTER MEANS=He is RISEN=from the dead

OUR JOY=WILL NEVER BE REDUCED!=For Jesus Christ and=The Holy Father God=LIVE in us=

And someday=We will=FIND ETERNAL LIFE=In them

 

“Here is my servant=Whom I have chosen==The one I love=In whom=I DELIGHT=I

Will put my Spirit in him=and he will proclaim Justice=to the nations”                              Matthew 12:18

“Love-DOES NOT DELIGHT=In evil=but rejoices=with the truth=”                          1 Corinthians 13:6

“That is why=For Christ’s sake=I DELIGHT in weaknesses=in insults=In hardships=

In persecutions=in difficulties=For when I am weak=Then I am strong”        2 Corinthians 12:10

 

And so my FRIENDS=Whatever suffering=Whatever pain=Whatever anguish you

Are experiencing=LATCH ON to the YOKE=of the Risen Jesus=and the Holy Father God=

They knew pain=But they are NOW EXPERIENCING JOY=Someday we will too=For

Our JOY=In the Risen Christ=has conquered all=THE LORD IS RISEN!=Alleluia !=

“For what is our hope=Our joy=Or the crown=In which we will glory=In the presence=

Of our Lord Jesus=when he comes?=Is it not you?=Indeed you are=OUR GLORY

AND JOY”                                                                                                                                         1 Thessalonians 2:18-20

 

OUR JOY=WILL NEVER BE REDUCED!=He is RISEN=Alleluia!

Say it=Think it=Believe it=IT IS TRUE!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our forever living=FOREVER LOVING=Forever

Victorious=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-28-2025

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING MAGAZINE=by Patricia Livingston