The Jones Family Chronicles

Be Happy


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Ava Grace Jones has been waiting all week for one thing — the butterfly painting at school. She has the colors already picked out in her mind. But when Tuesday arrives and the plan falls apart, Ava Grace carries something home that she doesn’t quite have words for yet. It isn’t loud, the way Ana’s feelings are loud. It’s quiet and heavy, the way Ava Grace’s feelings tend to be. When the family gathers and Dad opens Philippians 4, the Joneses discover the difference between happiness and joy — one depends on what happens to you, and the other depends on something much steadier. And on the walk home from church that weekend, a small moment between Brother Thompson and Sister Beverly says more about that kind of joy than any explanation could.

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The Jones Family ChroniclesBy Robert Johnson

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