DEFINITION OF JOY;
- makes it about agency:
-being fully alive,
-present,
-empowered in the midst of all circumstances.
-means standing in the midst of grief / rage w dignity/power.
JOY IS BOTH WILD/
AT EASE W ITSELF.
AT EASE W ITSELF.
not anxious or con-flicted it's explosive
and contagious
it intoxicates some to shared rapture/goads others into disdainful disgust.
to take up our cross/follow Jesus is an in-vitation in which to live the rich joy
Jesus lived.
The cross is the centerpiece of divine joy precisely in its excruciating torture, injustice, and wrath.
Sometimes this kind of joy is spontaneously discovered. It can also be cultivated through discipline.
People who are just looking for happiness are not going to be happy when joy
interrupts them.
Joy’s militancy
is the holy dis-satisfaction that isn’t ungrateful.
It will never stop pushing and diving deeper.
is the holy dis-satisfaction that isn’t ungrateful.
It will never stop pushing and diving deeper.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/mercynotsacrifice/2020/02/20/the-difference-between-happiness-and-joy/
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