There is much to be joyful in the world. We live in a time of unknown prosperity; financially, technologically, medically. We should have untold amounts of joy in our lives. Yet, we instinctively realize that this is not the case. We, like every culture and human that has come before us, taste of grief, loss, despair, and pain. Even as we know joy, we also feel its inevitable loss. But we are to always remember that the coming of Christ was to bring unmerited and unspoiled joy to his people. The message of the gospel is the message of a kingdom without end, filled with joy for the humble.
