Can Waiting Destroy Joy?

a radical love that waits in silent darkness

Apr 07, 2023

He shared a meal with the one who betrayed him.

He washed the feet of those who didn't quite get what he was fully about.

He even washed the feet of the one he knew was betraying him.

This is radical love, friends.
It's the kind of love Jesus
has modeled perfectly for us,
and it's what we've been called to as his people.

This love changes things and people
and life trajectories into eternity.

The most excellent way of love.

The whole earth went dark. Cries went unanswered.

Silence is misread and misinterpreted as defeat.

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Can joy be destroyed?
It’s a thing to enjoy,
although some of us avoid
rejoicing as we wait
for the seeds of joy
planted in the soil 
to grow.

Does waiting destroy joy?
Maybe it doesn’t destroy the joy,
but waiting can hide joy 
under the soil
of longing to enjoy
the feeling 
of rejoicing.

Sorrow turns to joy,
which makes weeping and mourning 
a thing that can be destroyed,
or maybe just forgotten
or buried in the soil,
even if only 
for a little while.

God-with-us gives birth
to joy in the flesh,
hearts unable
to avoid rejoicing.
Sorrow turned to joy
when death 
was destroyed.

So true joy can never truly 
be destroyed.
Rejoicing in the waiting 
doesn’t have to be avoided,
or buried in the soil.
Seeds of joy are enjoyed
when joy is complete.

It is finished.

Until tomorrow,

Becky

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