Joyful, Joyful

“Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises!”

(Psalm 98:4 ESV)

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV)

“The logic of cross and resurrection, of the new creation which gives shape to all truly Christian living, points in a different direction. And one of the central names for that direction is joy: the joy of relationships healed as well as enhanced, the joy of belonging to the new creation, of finding not what we already had but what god was longing to give us.”
― N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense