Joy! - Week 1
The belief that a “return to normal” post-COVID will automatically take us to new levels of joy is actually a miscalculation. The reality is, many of us weren’t all that joyful before the pandemic and we won’t be all that joyful just because the pandemic is over. As humans, we all tend to chase “sparks”—momentary pleasures disguised as “joy.” But in the Bible, joy is not a passing feelings, but deep and pervasive sense of God and His goodness. And if joy is God’s basic character, then as those made in the image of God, and especially as followers of Jesus, joy must become our basic character.
