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What brings you incomparable joy? It might be the sight of your grandchildren, or perhaps the opportunity to read your favorite book uninterrupted. Maybe it's a hike in a beautiful forest or the perfect cup of coffee. Whatever it is that brings you joy, imagine that feeling multiplied by 1000x, and that gives us a glimpse of the joy we anticipate in the Kingdom of Heaven. This isn't meant to denigrate the joy we experience here on earth -- rather it should serve as a reminder that what God has in store is amazing and beyond comprehension. We experience joy on this earth in a way that should be to us a reminder of the joy that awaits us. We experience joy the way we do because we are hard-wired for it -- we're made for joy, and while sin drags us away from it, God is reminding us throughout our lives of the joy that awaits.
So find some joy today, and give thanks for a God who creates you to experience joy, and then look forward in hope to a time when you will experience immense, eternal joy in the presence of God.
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