"In imitating us, you imitated the Master. Although great trouble accompanied the Word, you were able to take great joy from the Holy Spirit! - taking the trouble with the joy, the joy with the trouble." (The Message 1:6)
I was struck by the line of "taking the trouble with the joy, the joy with the trouble". Life is seldom all good or all bad. It seems usually the good and the bad come together. For example, you get a promotion at work. The promotion is great, a salary increase is appreciated but now you have more responsibilities and demands on your time. Or having a child is a great experience, except it reorients your entire life. The joy and the trouble come together. The challenge is when the trouble comes can I still be open to the joy of the presence of God in all circumstances?
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