Joy

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Cultivate Joy

Joy is contagious—and it costs nothing to share it with those around us. Reach out to somebody in your inner circle who is struggling to find joy.

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Hold Fast to Joy

Joy sees the world as God intended; it is a reaction to all God is doing in our lives now and in the future.
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There Is a Joy in Creation

The joy and fulfillment came in the creating, in the daring to create, day after day after day.
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Holding Joy and Sorrow Together

Joy and sorrow often walk hand-in-hand. Grief doesn’t cancel out gladness. We might be tempted to ignore the pain, but in our sadness we can discover God’s grace
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Choose Joy

“Be strong, fear not! Here is your God” (Is 35:4). Today we choose joy and rejoice not in wishful thinking, but in the reality of God’s saving love.
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Holding Joy and Sorrow Together

Joy and sorrow often walk hand-in-hand. Grief doesn’t cancel out gladness. We might be tempted to ignore the pain, but in our sadness we can discover God’s grace.
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Finding True Joy

In Mary’s Magnificat she prays, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior” (Luke 1:46-47). How do we find true joy?
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