“For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest, and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.” –Selection from Deuteronomy 16:9-17

I’ve got that joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart. WHERE?

I know you just sang that in your head with me. Maybe even out loud. Don’t even deny it. That classic kids’ church song is infectious, much like the true joy of the Lord is.

But there’s a big catch here, isn’t there: How are we supposed to elect the spiritual fruit of joy when we’re not going through a particularly joyous season in our lives right now?

Let me just be honest, I feel that struggle deep within my bones.

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