WORD 2day: Thursday, 5th week after Easter
May 11, 2023: Acts 15: 7-21; John 15: 9-11
The joy that is promoted by the world is based on feelings, things and doings! It comes from what we do, what we achieve, what we prove to the world. That explains why it is so flimsy and passing. It disappears as soon as that feeling changes, or when that thing is no more, or when we fail to achieve something that we dreamt of achieving!
The joy that the Lord gives comes from what we are; it comes from the fact that we are loved, that we are accepted unconditionally and that we are united to the One who never changes! It is not the various rules and regulations that we uphold that matter, but love!
Love is all that matters! And in that love that God has for us, we find our true joy, the complete joy!